Durban panchang, 25 September 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 07:20 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
05:42 to 17:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:26
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:52 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:03 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:23
- Karana Vanija until 16:49, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:23 – 19:35
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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 05:42 – 15:38
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:52 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:23 Leo
- 05:23 – 06:46 Virgo
- 06:46 – 08:20 Libra
- 08:20 – 10:15 Scorpio
- 10:15 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:52 Capricorn
- 14:52 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 19:28 Pisces
- 19:28 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 05:41 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