Durban panchang, 12 October 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:02 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
05:22 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 18:02
- 07:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:02 to 05:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 07:25
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:25 – 18:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:02
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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:06 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:57 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:16 Leo
- 04:16 – 05:39 Virgo
- 05:39 – 07:13 Libra
- 07:13 – 09:08 Scorpio
- 09:08 – 11:23 Sagittarius
- 11:23 – 13:45 Capricorn
- 13:45 – 16:03 Aquarius
- 16:03 – 18:21 Pisces
- 18:21 – 20:42 Aries
- 20:42 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:04 next day Gemini
- 01:04 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 04:12 next day Leo
- 04:12 – 05:21 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