Durban panchang, 4 September 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 14:20 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
06:08 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 00:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:51
- Karana Bava until 12:50, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:19 Cancer
- 05:19 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:53 Sagittarius
- 13:53 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 23:11 Aries
- 23:11 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 05:15 next day Cancer
- 05:15 – 06:07 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