Durban panchang, 24 July 2025
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 06:38 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
06:47 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:11
- 07:29 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:01 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:18 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:11
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 03:58 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:01, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:29 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:01 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 07:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:11
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. 04:59 – 05:53
- 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 17:18 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:47 – 13:13
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:47 – 13:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:47 – 21:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:13 – 06:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:13 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:23 Gemini
- 06:23 – 08:04 Cancer
- 08:04 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 12:28 Libra
- 12:28 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:59 Capricorn
- 18:59 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 23:35 Pisces
- 23:35 – 01:56 next day Aries
- 01:56 – 04:15 next day Taurus
- 04:15 – 06:19 next day Gemini
- 06:19 – 06:46 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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