Durban panchang, 13 October 2025
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 00:23 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
05:21 to 18:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:03 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:29 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:54
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:25 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:54, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:29 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
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. 03:50 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 08:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:12 Leo
- 04:12 – 05:35 Virgo
- 05:35 – 07:10 Libra
- 07:10 – 09:05 Scorpio
- 09:05 – 11:19 Sagittarius
- 11:19 – 13:41 Capricorn
- 13:41 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 20:38 Aries
- 20:38 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 02:42 next day Cancer
- 02:42 – 04:08 next day Leo
- 04:08 – 05:20 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