Durban panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 05:29 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
05:47 to 17:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:50
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:50 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:02 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 16:22
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:17, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:09 – 22:19
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. 04:11 – 04:59
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:50 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:12 Cancer
- 04:12 – 05:38 Leo
- 05:38 – 07:02 Virgo
- 07:02 – 08:36 Libra
- 08:36 – 10:31 Scorpio
- 10:31 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 17:26 Aquarius
- 17:26 – 19:43 Pisces
- 19:43 – 22:04 Aries
- 22:04 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:27 next day Gemini
- 02:27 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 05:34 next day Leo
- 05:34 – 05:46 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