Durban panchang, 13 September 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:46 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
05:57 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:49
- 06:41 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:41 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:46 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:34 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:41 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 07:02
- Karana Vishti until 14:41, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:41 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
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. 04:20 – 05:08
- 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 17:46 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 06:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:41 – 05:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 05:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:11 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:08 Libra
- 09:08 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 22:36 Aries
- 22:36 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 05:56 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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