Durban panchang, 6 October 2025
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 17:26 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
05:29 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:59 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:32 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:43
- Karana Vanija until 08:54, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:54 – 19:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:29
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- 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 17:59 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:39 Leo
- 04:39 – 06:03 Virgo
- 06:03 – 07:37 Libra
- 07:37 – 09:32 Scorpio
- 09:32 – 11:47 Sagittarius
- 11:47 – 14:08 Capricorn
- 14:08 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 18:44 Pisces
- 18:44 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 23:24 Taurus
- 23:24 – 01:28 next day Gemini
- 01:28 – 03:09 next day Cancer
- 03:09 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 05:28 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