Durban panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 00:16 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
06:29 to 17:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:45
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:31 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:05
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:58 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:58 – 04:34 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. 04:45 – 05:37
- 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 17:31 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:05 – 06:28 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:08 – 06:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:08 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:52 Gemini
- 04:52 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 10:58 Libra
- 10:58 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 15:07 Sagittarius
- 15:07 – 17:29 Capricorn
- 17:29 – 19:47 Aquarius
- 19:47 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:28 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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