Durban panchang, 22 August 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 05:57 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
06:23 to 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:10
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:46 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 11:05
- Karana Shakuni until 08:26, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:46 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:05 – 22:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 20:46
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:46 – 06:22 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- 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 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:22 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 07:36 Leo
- 07:36 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 10:34 Libra
- 10:34 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 19:24 Aquarius
- 19:24 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 00:02 next day Aries
- 00:02 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:06 next day Cancer
- 06:06 – 06:22 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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