Durban panchang, 3 October 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 14:09 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
05:32 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:12 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:24
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:15
- Karana Vishti until 15:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:15 – 20:15
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. 04:00 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 06:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:32 – 15:03
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:51 Leo
- 04:51 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 07:49 Libra
- 07:49 – 09:44 Scorpio
- 09:44 – 11:59 Sagittarius
- 11:59 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 18:56 Pisces
- 18:56 – 21:17 Aries
- 21:17 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:40 next day Gemini
- 01:40 – 03:21 next day Cancer
- 03:21 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 05:31 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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