Durban panchang, 27 September 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 08:32 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
05:40 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:50
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:53 to 05:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:34
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 20:15
- Karana Balava until 08:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
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. 04:05 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 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 21:38 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:38 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:15 Leo
- 05:15 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:22 Sagittarius
- 12:22 – 14:44 Capricorn
- 14:44 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 19:20 Pisces
- 19:20 – 21:41 Aries
- 21:41 – 00:00 next day Taurus
- 00:00 – 02:03 next day Gemini
- 02:03 – 03:45 next day Cancer
- 03:45 – 05:11 next day Leo
- 05:11 – 05:38 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