Durban panchang, 18 July 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 00:07 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
06:49 to 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 15:56
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:32
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:26 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:32, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 00:26 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:26 – 02:26 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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- 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 06:49 – 22:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:49 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:49 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
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:46 Gemini
- 06:46 – 08:28 Cancer
- 08:28 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 12:52 Libra
- 12:52 – 14:47 Scorpio
- 14:47 – 17:01 Sagittarius
- 17:01 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 21:41 Aquarius
- 21:41 – 23:59 Pisces
- 23:59 – 02:20 next day Aries
- 02:20 – 04:39 next day Taurus
- 04:39 – 06:43 next day Gemini
- 06:43 – 06:49 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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