Durban panchang, 31 July 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 10:20 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
06:42 to 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:14
- 07:45 Moon enters Libra
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:22 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:02 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:18, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:45 Moon enters Libra
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:14
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- 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 17:22 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:55 Gemini
- 05:55 – 07:37 Cancer
- 07:37 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 10:26 Virgo
- 10:26 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 23:08 Pisces
- 23:08 – 01:29 next day Aries
- 01:29 – 03:48 next day Taurus
- 03:48 – 05:51 next day Gemini
- 05:51 – 06:42 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method