Durban panchang, 18 October 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 03:33 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
05:15 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:54
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:06 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 22:18
- Karana Taitila until 08:49, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:41 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:11 – 05:14 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. 03:46 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:52 Leo
- 03:52 – 05:16 Virgo
- 05:16 – 06:50 Libra
- 06:50 – 08:45 Scorpio
- 08:45 – 11:00 Sagittarius
- 11:00 – 13:21 Capricorn
- 13:21 – 15:40 Aquarius
- 15:40 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 20:18 Aries
- 20:18 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 05:12 next day Virgo
- 05:12 – 05:14 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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