Durban panchang, 25 August 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 07:27 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
06:19 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:21
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 09:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:19 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 08:36
- Karana Kaulava until 09:05, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:21
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 – 05:29
- 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 17:36 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:19 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 07:24 Leo
- 07:24 – 08:48 Virgo
- 08:48 – 10:22 Libra
- 10:22 – 12:17 Scorpio
- 12:17 – 14:32 Sagittarius
- 14:32 – 16:53 Capricorn
- 16:53 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:13 next day Gemini
- 04:13 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 06:18 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