Durban panchang, 14 October 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 01:15 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
05:20 to 18:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:28
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 07:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:04 to 05:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:24 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 00:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:40, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 07:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:28
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. 03:49 – 04:34
- 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 18:04 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 07:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:18 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
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:08 Leo
- 04:08 – 05:32 Virgo
- 05:32 – 07:06 Libra
- 07:06 – 09:01 Scorpio
- 09:01 – 11:16 Sagittarius
- 11:16 – 13:37 Capricorn
- 13:37 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:53 Taurus
- 22:53 – 00:57 next day Gemini
- 00:57 – 02:38 next day Cancer
- 02:38 – 04:04 next day Leo
- 04:04 – 05:18 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