Durban panchang, 7 August 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 15:33 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
06:37 to 17:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 10:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:26 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:58
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:31 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 02:08 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:58, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:31 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:16
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. 04:51 – 05:44
- 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 17:26 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:31 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:28 Gemini
- 05:28 – 07:09 Cancer
- 07:09 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 11:33 Libra
- 11:33 – 13:28 Scorpio
- 13:28 – 15:43 Sagittarius
- 15:43 – 18:04 Capricorn
- 18:04 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 01:01 next day Aries
- 01:01 – 03:20 next day Taurus
- 03:20 – 05:24 next day Gemini
- 05:24 – 06:36 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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