Durban panchang, 26 July 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 07:59 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 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:40
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:12
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:36 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
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 17:19 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:15 Gemini
- 06:15 – 07:56 Cancer
- 07:56 – 09:22 Leo
- 09:22 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 12:20 Libra
- 12:20 – 14:15 Scorpio
- 14:15 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:51 Capricorn
- 18:51 – 21:10 Aquarius
- 21:10 – 23:28 Pisces
- 23:28 – 01:48 next day Aries
- 01:48 – 04:07 next day Taurus
- 04:07 – 06:11 next day Gemini
- 06:11 – 06:45 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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