Durban panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:20 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
06:17 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:22
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:37 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 09:04
- Karana Vishti until 12:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Moon enters Libra
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:17 – 06:48
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:50 Cancer
- 05:50 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 08:40 Virgo
- 08:40 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 19:04 Aquarius
- 19:04 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:05 next day Gemini
- 04:05 – 05:47 next day Cancer
- 05:47 – 06:16 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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