Durban panchang, 23 August 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 06:30 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
06:22 to 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:22 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:46
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 09:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:35 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:06
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 09:49
- Karana Naga until 08:06, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 09:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
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. 04:39 – 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 17:35 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:22 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 07:32 Leo
- 07:32 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 10:30 Libra
- 10:30 – 12:25 Scorpio
- 12:25 – 14:40 Sagittarius
- 14:40 – 17:01 Capricorn
- 17:01 – 19:20 Aquarius
- 19:20 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:58 Aries
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:21 next day Gemini
- 04:21 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 06:21 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