Durban panchang, 28 September 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 09:16 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
05:38 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:54
- 10:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:57 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:54 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:57
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 10:57, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:54
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 00:24 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. 04:04 – 04:51
- 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 17:54 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 00:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:24 – 05:37 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:24 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:11 Leo
- 05:11 – 06:34 Virgo
- 06:34 – 08:09 Libra
- 08:09 – 10:03 Scorpio
- 10:03 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:40 Capricorn
- 14:40 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 19:16 Pisces
- 19:16 – 21:37 Aries
- 21:37 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 03:41 next day Cancer
- 03:41 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 05:37 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