Durban panchang, 14 August 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 23:07 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
06:31 to 17:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:18
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:30 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 22:37
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 04:06 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 09:42
- Karana Gara until 11:46, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:42 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:17 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:19 – 14:14
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 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 04:06 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 04:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:00 Gemini
- 05:00 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:00 Scorpio
- 13:00 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 00:34 next day Aries
- 00:34 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 04:56 next day Gemini
- 04:56 – 06:30 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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