Durban panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 06:50 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
05:43 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:19
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:52 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 17:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:27, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:32 – 18:23 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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:46 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:27 Leo
- 05:27 – 06:50 Virgo
- 06:50 – 08:24 Libra
- 08:24 – 10:19 Scorpio
- 10:19 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 14:55 Capricorn
- 14:55 – 17:14 Aquarius
- 17:14 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:52 Aries
- 21:52 – 00:12 next day Taurus
- 00:12 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 03:56 next day Cancer
- 03:56 – 05:23 next day Leo
- 05:23 – 05:42 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