Durban panchang, 28 August 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:49 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
06:16 to 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:16 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:21
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:27
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:48
- Karana Balava until 14:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 06:16 – 06:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 14:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:16 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 07:13 Leo
- 07:13 – 08:36 Virgo
- 08:36 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:20 Sagittarius
- 14:20 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 19:00 Aquarius
- 19:00 – 21:18 Pisces
- 21:18 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:01 next day Gemini
- 04:01 – 05:43 next day Cancer
- 05:43 – 06:15 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