Durban panchang, 5 October 2025
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 16:19 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
05:30 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:58
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:58 to 05:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 11:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:46 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 13:04
- Karana Taitila until 11:34, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 11:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:15 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:30 – 11:26
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. 03:58 – 04:44
- 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 17:58 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 02:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:46 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:43 Leo
- 04:43 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 07:41 Libra
- 07:41 – 09:36 Scorpio
- 09:36 – 11:51 Sagittarius
- 11:51 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 18:48 Pisces
- 18:48 – 21:09 Aries
- 21:09 – 23:28 Taurus
- 23:28 – 01:32 next day Gemini
- 01:32 – 03:13 next day Cancer
- 03:13 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 05:29 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