Durban panchang, 19 July 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 01:14 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
06:49 to 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:38
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:15 to 06:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 11:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 21:25
- Karana Gara until 11:12, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:25 – 23:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:14 – 14:09
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. 05:00 – 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 17:15 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:49 – 11:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:07 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:43 Gemini
- 06:43 – 08:24 Cancer
- 08:24 – 09:50 Leo
- 09:50 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 12:48 Libra
- 12:48 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:58 Sagittarius
- 16:58 – 19:19 Capricorn
- 19:19 – 21:37 Aquarius
- 21:37 – 23:55 Pisces
- 23:55 – 02:16 next day Aries
- 02:16 – 04:35 next day Taurus
- 04:35 – 06:39 next day Gemini
- 06:39 – 06:49 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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