Durban panchang, 23 October 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 05:54 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
05:10 to 18:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:10 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:34
- 06:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:10 to 05:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 19:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 19:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:29 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:34
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- 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 18:10 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:21 – 05:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:21 – 03:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:48 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:25 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:56 Virgo
- 04:56 – 06:30 Libra
- 06:30 – 08:25 Scorpio
- 08:25 – 10:40 Sagittarius
- 10:40 – 13:01 Capricorn
- 13:01 – 15:20 Aquarius
- 15:20 – 17:38 Pisces
- 17:38 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 22:17 Taurus
- 22:17 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 03:29 next day Leo
- 03:29 – 04:52 next day Virgo
- 04:52 – 05:09 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