Durban panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 05:18 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
06:24 to 17:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:34 to 06:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:15
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:44
- Karana Vanija until 09:15, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:43 – 12:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:15 – 20:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:24 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 07:40 Leo
- 07:40 – 09:04 Virgo
- 09:04 – 10:38 Libra
- 10:38 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 17:09 Capricorn
- 17:09 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 00:06 next day Aries
- 00:06 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:10 next day Cancer
- 06:10 – 06:23 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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