Durban panchang, 13 August 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 22:00 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
06:32 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:23
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:36 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:54 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:35
- Karana Kaulava until 14:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:36 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:35 – 14:35
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:02 – 05:36 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 06:31 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. 04:47 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:04 Gemini
- 05:04 – 06:46 Cancer
- 06:46 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 09:35 Virgo
- 09:35 – 11:09 Libra
- 11:09 – 13:04 Scorpio
- 13:04 – 15:19 Sagittarius
- 15:19 – 17:41 Capricorn
- 17:41 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 22:17 Pisces
- 22:17 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:57 next day Taurus
- 02:57 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 06:31 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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