Durban panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 19:46 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
05:26 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:17
- 12:38 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 19:15 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 22:02
- Karana Taitila until 12:38, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:02 – 23:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 19:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:15 – 05:25 next day
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:00 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 22:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:31 Leo
- 04:31 – 05:55 Virgo
- 05:55 – 07:29 Libra
- 07:29 – 09:24 Scorpio
- 09:24 – 11:39 Sagittarius
- 11:39 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 16:19 Aquarius
- 16:19 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:57 Aries
- 20:57 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:20 next day Gemini
- 01:20 – 03:01 next day Cancer
- 03:01 – 04:28 next day Leo
- 04:28 – 05:25 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