Durban panchang, 24 August 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 07:00 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:35
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:35 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:58 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:18
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 08:59
- Karana Bava until 08:18, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 04:58 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:35
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. 04:38 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:35 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:35 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:57 Capricorn
- 16:57 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:54 Aries
- 23:54 – 02:13 next day Taurus
- 02:13 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 05:58 next day Cancer
- 05:58 – 06:19 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