Durban panchang, 5 September 2025
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 15:25 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
06:07 to 17:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:15
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:43 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:43
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:16, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:43 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:22 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:08 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 06:41 Leo
- 06:41 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 09:39 Libra
- 09:39 – 11:34 Scorpio
- 11:34 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 16:10 Capricorn
- 16:10 – 18:29 Aquarius
- 18:29 – 20:46 Pisces
- 20:46 – 23:07 Aries
- 23:07 – 01:26 next day Taurus
- 01:26 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:11 next day Cancer
- 05:11 – 06:06 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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