Durban panchang, 19 October 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 03:59 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
05:14 to 18:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:07
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:07 to 05:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 22:34
- Karana Vanija until 10:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:34 – 23:04 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. 03:45 – 04:30
- 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 18:07 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 14:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:19 – 05:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:19 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:48 Leo
- 03:48 – 05:12 Virgo
- 05:12 – 06:46 Libra
- 06:46 – 08:41 Scorpio
- 08:41 – 10:56 Sagittarius
- 10:56 – 13:17 Capricorn
- 13:17 – 15:36 Aquarius
- 15:36 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 20:14 Aries
- 20:14 – 22:33 Taurus
- 22:33 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 03:44 next day Leo
- 03:44 – 05:08 next day Virgo
- 05:08 – 05:13 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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