Durban panchang, 16 July 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 23:02 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
06:50 to 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:19
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:58 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 01:20 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:27
- Karana Vanija until 17:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:58 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:27 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:32 – 04:37 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:20 – 06:50 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:13 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 01:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:32 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:54 Gemini
- 06:54 – 08:36 Cancer
- 08:36 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 14:54 Scorpio
- 14:54 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 19:31 Capricorn
- 19:31 – 21:49 Aquarius
- 21:49 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 02:28 next day Aries
- 02:28 – 04:47 next day Taurus
- 04:47 – 06:50 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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