Durban panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 12:59 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:31
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:00 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:39
- Karana Vanija until 10:20, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:31
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. 04:26 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 14:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 10:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 07:36 Pisces
- 07:36 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 12:16 Taurus
- 12:16 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 05:15 next day Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:03 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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