Durban panchang, 12 July 2025
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 18:51 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
06:51 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:36
- 10:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:01 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:16
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:23 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 16:01
- Karana Taitila until 10:30, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:36
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) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 03:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:06 Taurus
- 05:06 – 07:10 Gemini
- 07:10 – 08:51 Cancer
- 08:51 – 10:17 Leo
- 10:17 – 11:41 Virgo
- 11:41 – 13:15 Libra
- 13:15 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:25 Sagittarius
- 17:25 – 19:46 Capricorn
- 19:46 – 22:05 Aquarius
- 22:05 – 00:23 next day Pisces
- 00:23 – 02:43 next day Aries
- 02:43 – 05:02 next day Taurus
- 05:02 – 06:51 next day Gemini
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