Durban panchang, 9 August 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 17:42 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
06:35 to 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:44
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:55
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 09:55, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:44
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. 04:50 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 10:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:25 Libra
- 11:25 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:35 Sagittarius
- 15:35 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 22:33 Pisces
- 22:33 – 00:53 next day Aries
- 00:53 – 03:12 next day Taurus
- 03:12 – 05:16 next day Gemini
- 05:16 – 06:34 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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