Durban panchang, 28 July 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 09:00 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
06:44 to 17:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:13
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:20 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:30 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:05 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 23:23
- Karana Vanija until 07:28, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:05 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 19:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:30 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:28 – 19:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:13
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 17:20 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 14:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:07 Gemini
- 06:07 – 07:48 Cancer
- 07:48 – 09:15 Leo
- 09:15 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 12:12 Libra
- 12:12 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:22 Sagittarius
- 16:22 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 23:20 Pisces
- 23:20 – 01:40 next day Aries
- 01:40 – 04:00 next day Taurus
- 04:00 – 06:03 next day Gemini
- 06:03 – 06:44 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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