Durban panchang, 11 July 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 17:47 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
06:52 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:53
- 08:38 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:10 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:39
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:06 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:14
- Karana Balava until 10:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:38 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:07 – 17:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:14 – 18:26
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) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 22:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:06 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:10 Taurus
- 05:10 – 07:14 Gemini
- 07:14 – 08:55 Cancer
- 08:55 – 10:21 Leo
- 10:21 – 11:45 Virgo
- 11:45 – 13:19 Libra
- 13:19 – 15:14 Scorpio
- 15:14 – 17:29 Sagittarius
- 17:29 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 22:09 Aquarius
- 22:09 – 00:27 next day Pisces
- 00:27 – 02:47 next day Aries
- 02:47 – 05:06 next day Taurus
- 05:06 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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