Durban panchang, 26 September 2025
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 07:54 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
05:41 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:21
- 06:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:53 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:53 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:20
- Karana Vishti until 06:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:53 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:21
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. 04:06 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:39 – 03:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:11 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:16 Libra
- 08:16 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:48 Capricorn
- 14:48 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 19:24 Pisces
- 19:24 – 21:44 Aries
- 21:44 – 00:04 next day Taurus
- 00:04 – 02:07 next day Gemini
- 02:07 – 03:49 next day Cancer
- 03:49 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 05:40 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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