Durban panchang, 11 October 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 23:22 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
05:23 to 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:52
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:02 to 05:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:14
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:37
- Karana Taitila until 13:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 11:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
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. 03:52 – 04:37
- 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 18:02 – 20:18
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:23 – 11:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 11:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:20 Leo
- 04:20 – 05:43 Virgo
- 05:43 – 07:17 Libra
- 07:17 – 09:12 Scorpio
- 09:12 – 11:27 Sagittarius
- 11:27 – 13:49 Capricorn
- 13:49 – 16:07 Aquarius
- 16:07 – 18:25 Pisces
- 18:25 – 20:45 Aries
- 20:45 – 23:05 Taurus
- 23:05 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 04:16 next day Leo
- 04:16 – 05:22 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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