Durban panchang, 3 September 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 13:17 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
06:09 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:21
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:41 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 12:47
- Karana Vanija until 12:43, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:52 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 06:49 Leo
- 06:49 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:57 Sagittarius
- 13:57 – 16:18 Capricorn
- 16:18 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 06:08 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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