Durban panchang, 15 September 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 01:31 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
05:55 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:16 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:04
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- 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 17:47 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:36 Cancer
- 04:36 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 13:10 Sagittarius
- 13:10 – 15:31 Capricorn
- 15:31 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 20:07 Pisces
- 20:07 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 04:32 next day Cancer
- 04:32 – 05:53 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