Durban panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 01:26 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
06:28 to 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:31
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:31 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:54
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:10
- Karana Gara until 15:54, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:31
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. 04:44 – 05:36
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:49 Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 07:56 Leo
- 07:56 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 10:54 Libra
- 10:54 – 12:49 Scorpio
- 12:49 – 15:04 Sagittarius
- 15:04 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 19:43 Aquarius
- 19:43 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:41 next day Taurus
- 02:41 – 04:45 next day Gemini
- 04:45 – 06:26 next day Cancer
- 06:26 – 06:27 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method