Durban panchang, 21 July 2025
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 03:35 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
06:48 to 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:16 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:08
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
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 – 05:54
- 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 17:16 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 17:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:37 – 06:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:37 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:39 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:35 Gemini
- 06:35 – 08:16 Cancer
- 08:16 – 09:42 Leo
- 09:42 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 12:40 Libra
- 12:40 – 14:35 Scorpio
- 14:35 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 19:11 Capricorn
- 19:11 – 21:30 Aquarius
- 21:30 – 23:47 Pisces
- 23:47 – 02:08 next day Aries
- 02:08 – 04:27 next day Taurus
- 04:27 – 06:31 next day Gemini
- 06:31 – 06:48 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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