Durban panchang, 25 July 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 07:22 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 15:59
- 08:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:18 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:01 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:28, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:01 – 00:36 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 12:30
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:30 – 06:46 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- 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 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:19 Gemini
- 06:19 – 08:00 Cancer
- 08:00 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 21:14 Aquarius
- 21:14 – 23:31 Pisces
- 23:31 – 01:52 next day Aries
- 01:52 – 04:11 next day Taurus
- 04:11 – 06:15 next day Gemini
- 06:15 – 06:46 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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