Durban panchang, 6 September 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 16:30 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
06:06 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 07:51 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:42 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 22:11
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:21
- Karana Gara until 11:01, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:51 Moon enters Aquarius
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:11 – 09:13 next day
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. 04:26 – 05:16
- 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 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 19:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 22:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:04 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:11 Cancer
- 05:11 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 16:06 Capricorn
- 16:06 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 20:42 Pisces
- 20:42 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 05:07 next day Cancer
- 05:07 – 06:04 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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