Durban panchang, 20 September 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 05:01 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
05:48 to 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:48 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:49
- 08:24 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:50 to 05:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:36
- Karana Vishti until 08:24, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:24 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:47 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:07 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- 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 17:50 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:48 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:16 Cancer
- 04:16 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 08:40 Libra
- 08:40 – 10:35 Scorpio
- 10:35 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 15:11 Capricorn
- 15:11 – 17:30 Aquarius
- 17:30 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 22:08 Aries
- 22:08 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 05:38 next day Leo
- 05:38 – 05:47 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