Durban panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 02:34 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
06:27 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:19
- 11:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 19:29
- Karana Vishti until 13:53, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:10 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:29 – 20:41
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. 04:43 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:27 – 22:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:45 Gemini
- 04:45 – 06:26 Cancer
- 06:26 – 07:52 Leo
- 07:52 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 10:50 Libra
- 10:50 – 12:45 Scorpio
- 12:45 – 15:00 Sagittarius
- 15:00 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 00:18 next day Aries
- 00:18 – 02:37 next day Taurus
- 02:37 – 04:41 next day Gemini
- 04:41 – 06:22 next day Cancer
- 06:22 – 06:26 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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