Durban panchang, 9 September 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 19:47 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
06:02 to 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:16
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 14:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 20:28
- Karana Gara until 14:59, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:34 – 12:08 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:06 – 12:00
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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 14:37
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 14:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:59 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:59 Cancer
- 04:59 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 07:49 Virgo
- 07:49 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:18 Scorpio
- 11:18 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 20:31 Pisces
- 20:31 – 22:51 Aries
- 22:51 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 04:55 next day Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:01 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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