Durban panchang, 13 July 2025
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 19:54 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:11
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:23 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 14:30
- Karana Vanija until 09:57, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:23 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:23 – 21:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:11
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 – 05:56
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 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 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:02 Taurus
- 05:02 – 07:06 Gemini
- 07:06 – 08:47 Cancer
- 08:47 – 10:14 Leo
- 10:14 – 11:37 Virgo
- 11:37 – 13:11 Libra
- 13:11 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:42 Capricorn
- 19:42 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 00:19 next day Pisces
- 00:19 – 02:39 next day Aries
- 02:39 – 04:59 next day Taurus
- 04:59 – 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