Durban panchang, 9 October 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 21:00 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
05:25 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:25 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:00 to 05:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:53 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:24
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 18:02
- Karana Vanija until 09:08, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:53 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- 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. 03:54 – 04:40
- 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 18:00 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:25 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:28 Leo
- 04:28 – 05:51 Virgo
- 05:51 – 07:25 Libra
- 07:25 – 09:20 Scorpio
- 09:20 – 11:35 Sagittarius
- 11:35 – 13:56 Capricorn
- 13:56 – 16:15 Aquarius
- 16:15 – 18:33 Pisces
- 18:33 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 23:13 Taurus
- 23:13 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 05:24 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