Durban panchang, 22 September 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 05:56 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:26
- 07:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:51 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 23:26
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 16:28
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:37, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:26
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. 04:10 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:46 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 08:32 Libra
- 08:32 – 10:27 Scorpio
- 10:27 – 12:42 Sagittarius
- 12:42 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 17:22 Aquarius
- 17:22 – 19:40 Pisces
- 19:40 – 22:00 Aries
- 22:00 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:23 next day Gemini
- 02:23 – 04:04 next day Cancer
- 04:04 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 05:45 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