Durban panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 03:04 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
05:16 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:29
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 22:18
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 10:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:14 – 12:24
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 07:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:27 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:27 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:29 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:56 Leo
- 03:56 – 05:20 Virgo
- 05:20 – 06:54 Libra
- 06:54 – 08:49 Scorpio
- 08:49 – 11:04 Sagittarius
- 11:04 – 13:25 Capricorn
- 13:25 – 15:44 Aquarius
- 15:44 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:41 Taurus
- 22:41 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 02:26 next day Cancer
- 02:26 – 03:52 next day Leo
- 03:52 – 05:15 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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