Durban panchang, 27 July 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 08:31 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
06:45 to 17:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:19
- 07:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:19 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 23:43
- Karana Taitila until 07:07, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:19
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:43 – 11:33 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. 04:57 – 05:51
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:53 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:41 | Good |
| Rog | 14:41 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:19 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:11 Gemini
- 06:11 – 07:52 Cancer
- 07:52 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:47 Capricorn
- 18:47 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 23:24 Pisces
- 23:24 – 01:44 next day Aries
- 01:44 – 04:03 next day Taurus
- 04:03 – 06:07 next day Gemini
- 06:07 – 06:44 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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