Durban panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 15:14 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
05:31 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:31 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:31 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:51
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:57 to 05:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:39
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 15:56
- Karana Balava until 13:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:31 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:56 – 18:20
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. 03:59 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:31 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:31 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:47 Leo
- 04:47 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 07:45 Libra
- 07:45 – 09:40 Scorpio
- 09:40 – 11:55 Sagittarius
- 11:55 – 14:16 Capricorn
- 14:16 – 16:35 Aquarius
- 16:35 – 18:52 Pisces
- 18:52 – 21:13 Aries
- 21:13 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:36 next day Gemini
- 01:36 – 03:17 next day Cancer
- 03:17 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 05:30 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