Durban panchang, 12 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 23:17 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
05:58 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:17
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:00 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:45 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:29
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:13
- Karana Taitila until 06:29, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 14:00 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:17
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. 04:21 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 03:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:28 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:48 Cancer
- 04:48 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:11 Libra
- 09:11 – 11:06 Scorpio
- 11:06 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 20:19 Pisces
- 20:19 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 05:57 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