Durban panchang, 1 September 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 11:24 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
06:12 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 10:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:40 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:13
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:01
- Karana Balava until 10:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
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. 04:31 – 05:21
- 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 17:40 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:25 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:10 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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 06:57 Leo
- 06:57 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 09:55 Libra
- 09:55 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 18:44 Aquarius
- 18:44 – 21:02 Pisces
- 21:02 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 06:10 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