Durban panchang, 2 October 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 13:05 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
05:34 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:28
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:56 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 15:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:58
- Karana Gara until 15:41, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:28
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 05:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 15:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:05 – 05:32 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:55 Leo
- 04:55 – 06:19 Virgo
- 06:19 – 07:53 Libra
- 07:53 – 09:48 Scorpio
- 09:48 – 12:03 Sagittarius
- 12:03 – 14:24 Capricorn
- 14:24 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 19:00 Pisces
- 19:00 – 21:21 Aries
- 21:21 – 23:40 Taurus
- 23:40 – 01:44 next day Gemini
- 01:44 – 03:25 next day Cancer
- 03:25 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 05:32 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