Durban panchang, 2 August 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 11:22 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
06:41 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:42
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:23 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:12 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:05 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 02:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:22 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 00:38 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 06:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:05 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:47 Gemini
- 05:47 – 07:29 Cancer
- 07:29 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 11:53 Libra
- 11:53 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 16:03 Sagittarius
- 16:03 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 20:42 Aquarius
- 20:42 – 23:00 Pisces
- 23:00 – 01:21 next day Aries
- 01:21 – 03:40 next day Taurus
- 03:40 – 05:44 next day Gemini
- 05:44 – 06:40 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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