Durban panchang, 15 October 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 01:57 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
05:18 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:17
- 07:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:04 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:04
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:27
- Karana Gara until 07:04, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 07:06 next day
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:04 Leo
- 04:04 – 05:28 Virgo
- 05:28 – 07:02 Libra
- 07:02 – 08:57 Scorpio
- 08:57 – 11:12 Sagittarius
- 11:12 – 13:33 Capricorn
- 13:33 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 18:09 Pisces
- 18:09 – 20:30 Aries
- 20:30 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 00:53 next day Gemini
- 00:53 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:00 next day Leo
- 04:00 – 05:17 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