Durban panchang, 16 September 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 02:28 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
05:53 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:18
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:47 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:58 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 20:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:56 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 21:04
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:58 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:04 – 08:14 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. 04:16 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:32 Cancer
- 04:32 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 07:22 Virgo
- 07:22 – 08:56 Libra
- 08:56 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 13:06 Sagittarius
- 13:06 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:47 next day Gemini
- 02:47 – 04:28 next day Cancer
- 04:28 – 05:52 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