Durban panchang, 24 October 2025
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 06:31 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
05:09 to 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:33
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:10 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:50
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:21 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:24 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:33, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:21 – 05:08 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. 03:41 – 04:25
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:21 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:09 – 06:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:52 Virgo
- 04:52 – 06:26 Libra
- 06:26 – 08:21 Scorpio
- 08:21 – 10:36 Sagittarius
- 10:36 – 12:58 Capricorn
- 12:58 – 15:16 Aquarius
- 15:16 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 22:14 Taurus
- 22:14 – 00:17 next day Gemini
- 00:17 – 01:59 next day Cancer
- 01:59 – 03:25 next day Leo
- 03:25 – 04:48 next day Virgo
- 04:48 – 05:08 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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