Durban panchang, 30 May 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 10:12 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:45
- 06:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:12 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:03 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:59 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 09:26
- Karana Vanija until 06:45, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:12 – 17:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:59 – 06:43 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 17:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 17:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:03 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:43 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:36 Aries
- 05:36 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 09:59 Gemini
- 09:59 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:07 Leo
- 13:07 – 14:30 Virgo
- 14:30 – 16:04 Libra
- 16:04 – 17:59 Scorpio
- 17:59 – 20:14 Sagittarius
- 20:14 – 22:35 Capricorn
- 22:35 – 00:54 next day Aquarius
- 00:54 – 03:12 next day Pisces
- 03:12 – 05:32 next day Aries
- 05:32 – 06:43 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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