Durban panchang, 10 October 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 22:13 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
05:24 to 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:26
- 05:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:01 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:09
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:01 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:11
- Karana Bava until 05:44, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:11 – 10:37 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:26
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. 03:53 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:24 – 06:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:24 Leo
- 04:24 – 05:47 Virgo
- 05:47 – 07:21 Libra
- 07:21 – 09:16 Scorpio
- 09:16 – 11:31 Sagittarius
- 11:31 – 13:53 Capricorn
- 13:53 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 23:09 Taurus
- 23:09 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 02:54 next day Cancer
- 02:54 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 05:23 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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