Durban panchang, 30 August 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 09:56 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
06:14 to 17:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:47
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:39 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 11:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 11:39
- Karana Vanija until 19:17, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:39 – 12:29 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 08:28 Virgo
- 08:28 – 10:03 Libra
- 10:03 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 21:10 Pisces
- 21:10 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:50 next day Taurus
- 01:50 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 06:13 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