Durban panchang, 18 September 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 03:57 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
05:51 to 17:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:51 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 07:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 05:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:35 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 18:07
- Karana Kaulava until 07:59, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
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. 04:14 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:49 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:24 Cancer
- 04:24 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 08:48 Libra
- 08:48 – 10:43 Scorpio
- 10:43 – 12:58 Sagittarius
- 12:58 – 15:19 Capricorn
- 15:19 – 17:38 Aquarius
- 17:38 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 22:16 Aries
- 22:16 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 04:20 next day Cancer
- 04:20 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 05:50 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