Durban panchang, 20 October 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 04:25 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
05:13 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:33
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:15 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:08 to 05:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:15
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:04
- Karana Shakuni until 12:15, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:15 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:04 – 00:16 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 16:46 – 05:12 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. 03:44 – 04:29
- 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 18:08 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 03:44 Leo
- 03:44 – 05:08 Virgo
- 05:08 – 06:42 Libra
- 06:42 – 08:37 Scorpio
- 08:37 – 10:52 Sagittarius
- 10:52 – 13:13 Capricorn
- 13:13 – 15:32 Aquarius
- 15:32 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 20:10 Aries
- 20:10 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 03:40 next day Leo
- 03:40 – 05:04 next day Virgo
- 05:04 – 05:12 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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