Durban panchang, 23 September 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 06:22 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
05:45 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:20
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:51 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Moon enters Libra
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 16:53
- Karana Balava until 12:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:26 Moon enters Libra
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:20
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. 04:09 – 04:57
- 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 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:22 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Char | 08:46 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:43 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
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 06:54 Virgo
- 06:54 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:23 Scorpio
- 10:23 – 12:38 Sagittarius
- 12:38 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 17:18 Aquarius
- 17:18 – 19:36 Pisces
- 19:36 – 21:56 Aries
- 21:56 – 00:15 next day Taurus
- 00:15 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 05:27 next day Leo
- 05:27 – 05:43 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