Durban panchang, 7 October 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 18:35 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
05:28 to 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:25
- 05:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:59 to 05:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:58 Moon enters Aries
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:01
- Karana Bava until 05:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:58 Moon enters Aries
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:01 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:58 – 05:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:58 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:28 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:26 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
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:35 Leo
- 04:35 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 07:33 Libra
- 07:33 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:43 Sagittarius
- 11:43 – 14:04 Capricorn
- 14:04 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 18:41 Pisces
- 18:41 – 21:01 Aries
- 21:01 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:24 next day Gemini
- 01:24 – 03:05 next day Cancer
- 03:05 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 05:26 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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