Durban panchang, 21 October 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 04:52 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
05:12 to 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:31
- 06:06 Moon enters Libra
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:08 to 05:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:25
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:46
- Karana Naga until 14:25, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:06 Moon enters Libra
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:31
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 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
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:49 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Char | 08:26 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:04 Virgo
- 05:04 – 06:38 Libra
- 06:38 – 08:33 Scorpio
- 08:33 – 10:48 Sagittarius
- 10:48 – 13:09 Capricorn
- 13:09 – 15:28 Aquarius
- 15:28 – 17:46 Pisces
- 17:46 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 03:36 next day Leo
- 03:36 – 05:00 next day Virgo
- 05:00 – 05:11 next day Libra
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