Durban panchang, 8 September 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 18:40 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
06:03 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:59 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:42
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Balava until 06:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:59 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:24 – 05:14
- 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
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 09:27 Libra
- 09:27 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:37 Sagittarius
- 13:37 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 18:17 Aquarius
- 18:17 – 20:35 Pisces
- 20:35 – 22:55 Aries
- 22:55 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 06:02 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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