Durban panchang, 17 July 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:14 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 17:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 15:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:09 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 03:18 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:39, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
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 – 05:55
- 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 17:14 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 00:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:09 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:38 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:50 Gemini
- 06:50 – 08:32 Cancer
- 08:32 – 09:58 Leo
- 09:58 – 11:21 Virgo
- 11:21 – 12:56 Libra
- 12:56 – 14:50 Scorpio
- 14:50 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 00:03 next day Pisces
- 00:03 – 02:24 next day Aries
- 02:24 – 04:43 next day Taurus
- 04:43 – 06:46 next day Gemini
- 06:46 – 06:49 next day Cancer
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