Durban panchang, 12 August 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 20:55 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
06:33 to 17:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:07
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:29 to 06:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 03:06 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 15:23
- Karana Bava until 16:10, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 08:22
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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:22 – 06:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:22 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Char | 09:17 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:08 Gemini
- 05:08 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:13 Libra
- 11:13 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:23 Sagittarius
- 15:23 – 17:45 Capricorn
- 17:45 – 20:03 Aquarius
- 20:03 – 22:21 Pisces
- 22:21 – 00:41 next day Aries
- 00:41 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 06:32 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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