Durban panchang, 25 October 2025
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 07:13 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
05:08 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:55
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:11 to 05:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:18 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:16 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:05, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:15 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:55
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:15 – 05:39 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. 03:40 – 04:24
- 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 18:11 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 05:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:08 – 00:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:24 | Good |
| Rog | 08:24 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:48 Virgo
- 04:48 – 06:22 Libra
- 06:22 – 08:17 Scorpio
- 08:17 – 10:32 Sagittarius
- 10:32 – 12:54 Capricorn
- 12:54 – 15:12 Aquarius
- 15:12 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 03:21 next day Leo
- 03:21 – 04:44 next day Virgo
- 04:44 – 05:07 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