Durban panchang, 8 June 2025
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:51 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
06:47 to 17:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:02
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:02 to 06:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:06 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:47
- Karana Kaulava until 16:59, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:12 – 06:48 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. 04:57 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:01 Aries
- 05:01 – 07:20 Taurus
- 07:20 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:05 Cancer
- 11:05 – 12:31 Leo
- 12:31 – 13:55 Virgo
- 13:55 – 15:29 Libra
- 15:29 – 17:24 Scorpio
- 17:24 – 19:39 Sagittarius
- 19:39 – 22:00 Capricorn
- 22:00 – 00:19 next day Aquarius
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Pisces
- 02:36 – 04:57 next day Aries
- 04:57 – 06:48 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method