Durban panchang, 1 October 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 12:03 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
05:35 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:18
- 10:57 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:43 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:03
- Karana Kaulava until 15:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:57 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:18
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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:59 Leo
- 04:59 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 07:57 Libra
- 07:57 – 09:52 Scorpio
- 09:52 – 12:07 Sagittarius
- 12:07 – 14:28 Capricorn
- 14:28 – 16:47 Aquarius
- 16:47 – 19:04 Pisces
- 19:04 – 21:25 Aries
- 21:25 – 23:44 Taurus
- 23:44 – 01:48 next day Gemini
- 01:48 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 05:34 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