Durban panchang, 14 September 2025
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 00:26 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
05:56 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:46
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:33 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:46 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:25 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:33 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:25 – 23:04 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. 04:19 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:40 Cancer
- 04:40 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 07:29 Virgo
- 07:29 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 10:59 Scorpio
- 10:59 – 13:13 Sagittarius
- 13:13 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 20:11 Pisces
- 20:11 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 02:55 next day Gemini
- 02:55 – 04:36 next day Cancer
- 04:36 – 05:55 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