Durban panchang, 19 August 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 03:36 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
06:26 to 17:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:09
- 12:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:32 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:03
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:37 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:59
- Karana Balava until 12:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:09 | Good |
| Rog | 16:09 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:56 Sagittarius
- 14:56 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 00:14 next day Aries
- 00:14 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:18 next day Cancer
- 06:18 – 06:25 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