Durban panchang, 31 May 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 10:57 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:28
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:03 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:45
- Nakshatra Pushya until 17:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:13
- Karana Balava until 16:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:41 – 09:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:19 – 12:20
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 – 05:49
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:37 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:44 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 11:36 Cancer
- 11:36 – 13:03 Leo
- 13:03 – 14:26 Virgo
- 14:26 – 16:00 Libra
- 16:00 – 17:55 Scorpio
- 17:55 – 20:10 Sagittarius
- 20:10 – 22:32 Capricorn
- 22:32 – 00:50 next day Aquarius
- 00:50 – 03:08 next day Pisces
- 03:08 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 06:44 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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