Durban panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 02:33 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
05:17 to 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:12 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:05 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 22:40
- Karana Vishti until 07:06, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:12 Moon enters Leo
- 19:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 07:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- 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. 03:48 – 04:32
- 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 18:05 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:17 – 07:06
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:29 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:00 Leo
- 04:00 – 05:24 Virgo
- 05:24 – 06:58 Libra
- 06:58 – 08:53 Scorpio
- 08:53 – 11:08 Sagittarius
- 11:08 – 13:29 Capricorn
- 13:29 – 15:48 Aquarius
- 15:48 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 20:26 Aries
- 20:26 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 00:49 next day Gemini
- 00:49 – 02:30 next day Cancer
- 02:30 – 03:56 next day Leo
- 03:56 – 05:16 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