Durban panchang, 19 September 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 04:31 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
05:50 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:19
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:49 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 17:11
- Karana Gara until 07:57, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:11 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:07 – 08:24 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 04:35 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. 04:13 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:35 – 05:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:35 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:20 Cancer
- 04:20 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 08:44 Libra
- 08:44 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:54 Sagittarius
- 12:54 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 17:34 Aquarius
- 17:34 – 19:51 Pisces
- 19:51 – 22:12 Aries
- 22:12 – 00:31 next day Taurus
- 00:31 – 02:35 next day Gemini
- 02:35 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 05:48 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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