Durban panchang, 8 August 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 16:37 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
06:36 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:05
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:26 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:38 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:42, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:05
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 – 05:43
- 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 06:36 – 10:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:58 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:24 Gemini
- 05:24 – 07:05 Cancer
- 07:05 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 11:29 Libra
- 11:29 – 13:24 Scorpio
- 13:24 – 15:39 Sagittarius
- 15:39 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 20:19 Aquarius
- 20:19 – 22:36 Pisces
- 22:36 – 00:57 next day Aries
- 00:57 – 03:16 next day Taurus
- 03:16 – 05:20 next day Gemini
- 05:20 – 06:35 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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