Durban panchang, 1 August 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 10:49 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:02
- 14:41 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:22 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:53 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:41, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:43 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:36 – 12:50
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 – 05:48
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:10 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 07:33 Cancer
- 07:33 – 08:59 Leo
- 08:59 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 18:28 Capricorn
- 18:28 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 23:04 Pisces
- 23:04 – 01:25 next day Aries
- 01:25 – 03:44 next day Taurus
- 03:44 – 05:47 next day Gemini
- 05:47 – 06:41 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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