Durban panchang, 5 August 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 13:34 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
06:39 to 17:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:04
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:53 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:24 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:42
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:53 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 03:47 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:42, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:53 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:54 – 03:47 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:47 – 04:59 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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 07:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:39 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:24 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:36 Gemini
- 05:36 – 07:17 Cancer
- 07:17 – 08:43 Leo
- 08:43 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 11:41 Libra
- 11:41 – 13:36 Scorpio
- 13:36 – 15:51 Sagittarius
- 15:51 – 18:12 Capricorn
- 18:12 – 20:31 Aquarius
- 20:31 – 22:48 Pisces
- 22:48 – 01:09 next day Aries
- 01:09 – 03:28 next day Taurus
- 03:28 – 05:32 next day Gemini
- 05:32 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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