Durban panchang, 26 October 2025
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 08:01 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
05:07 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:12
- 07:16 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:16 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:12 to 05:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:35 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:29, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:16 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:07 – 07:16
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 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:07 – 07:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 05:06 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:45 – 08:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:23 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:44 Virgo
- 04:44 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:13 Scorpio
- 08:13 – 10:28 Sagittarius
- 10:28 – 12:50 Capricorn
- 12:50 – 15:08 Aquarius
- 15:08 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 22:06 Taurus
- 22:06 – 00:09 next day Gemini
- 00:09 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 03:17 next day Leo
- 03:17 – 04:40 next day Virgo
- 04:40 – 05:06 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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