Durban panchang, 28 June 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 09:29 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:32
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:05 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:04 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 05:45 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:04 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 15:45
- Karana Vanija until 17:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:04 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:45 – 16:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:58 – 03:04 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:04 – 05:45 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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 03:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:01 Taurus
- 06:01 – 08:05 Gemini
- 08:05 – 09:46 Cancer
- 09:46 – 11:13 Leo
- 11:13 – 12:36 Virgo
- 12:36 – 14:10 Libra
- 14:10 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:20 Sagittarius
- 18:20 – 20:41 Capricorn
- 20:41 – 23:00 Aquarius
- 23:00 – 01:18 next day Pisces
- 01:18 – 03:38 next day Aries
- 03:38 – 05:57 next day Taurus
- 05:57 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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