Durban panchang, 30 July 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 09:53 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
06:43 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- 10:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:21 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:12
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 00:10 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:11, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:21 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 18:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 18:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:12 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:59 Gemini
- 05:59 – 07:41 Cancer
- 07:41 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 10:30 Virgo
- 10:30 – 12:04 Libra
- 12:04 – 13:59 Scorpio
- 13:59 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:54 Aquarius
- 20:54 – 23:12 Pisces
- 23:12 – 01:33 next day Aries
- 01:33 – 03:52 next day Taurus
- 03:52 – 05:55 next day Gemini
- 05:55 – 06:42 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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