Durban panchang, 3 August 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:00 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
06:40 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:23
Night
17:23 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:42 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 03:34 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:15, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 19:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 05:42 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 06:39 next day
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 – 05:47
- 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 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:44 Gemini
- 05:44 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:59 Sagittarius
- 15:59 – 18:20 Capricorn
- 18:20 – 20:38 Aquarius
- 20:38 – 22:56 Pisces
- 22:56 – 01:17 next day Aries
- 01:17 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 05:40 next day Gemini
- 05:40 – 06:39 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