Durban panchang, 10 September 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 20:55 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
06:01 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:20
- 12:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:33 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:44 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:08
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:33 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:01
- Karana Vishti until 12:08, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:33 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:34 – 12:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 12:33
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:33 – 06:00 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. 04:22 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:55 Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 09:19 Libra
- 09:19 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 18:09 Aquarius
- 18:09 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 04:51 next day Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:00 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