Durban panchang, 26 August 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 07:54 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
06:18 to 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:12
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:36 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:34 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:38
- Karana Gara until 10:25, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:42 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:35 – 06:17 next day
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- 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 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 02:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 10:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:43 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 08:44 Virgo
- 08:44 – 10:18 Libra
- 10:18 – 12:13 Scorpio
- 12:13 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:49 Capricorn
- 16:49 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:46 Aries
- 23:46 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 06:17 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