Durban panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 03:16 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
05:52 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:20
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:48 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 19:25
- Karana Bava until 08:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:20
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. 04:15 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:10 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:28 Cancer
- 04:28 – 05:54 Leo
- 05:54 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 08:52 Libra
- 08:52 – 10:47 Scorpio
- 10:47 – 13:02 Sagittarius
- 13:02 – 15:23 Capricorn
- 15:23 – 17:42 Aquarius
- 17:42 – 19:59 Pisces
- 19:59 – 22:20 Aries
- 22:20 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:43 next day Gemini
- 02:43 – 04:24 next day Cancer
- 04:24 – 05:50 next day Leo
- 05:50 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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