Durban panchang, 7 September 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 17:35 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
06:04 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:43
- 09:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:43 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:08
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:11 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:13, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:11 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:11 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:43
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:00 – 05:00 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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 06:33 Leo
- 06:33 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:26 Scorpio
- 11:26 – 13:41 Sagittarius
- 13:41 – 16:02 Capricorn
- 16:02 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 20:39 Pisces
- 20:39 – 22:59 Aries
- 22:59 – 01:18 next day Taurus
- 01:18 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 06:03 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