Durban panchang, 22 October 2025
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 05:22 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:09 to 05:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:47
- Nakshatra Swati until 22:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
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. 03:43 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:09 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:47 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:00 Virgo
- 05:00 – 06:34 Libra
- 06:34 – 08:29 Scorpio
- 08:29 – 10:44 Sagittarius
- 10:44 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 15:24 Aquarius
- 15:24 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 20:02 Aries
- 20:02 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:25 next day Gemini
- 00:25 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 03:33 next day Leo
- 03:33 – 04:56 next day Virgo
- 04:56 – 05:10 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