Durban panchang, 27 October 2025
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 08:54 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
05:06 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:45 – 08:23
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:35
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:30 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 04:20 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:36, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:35
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:57 – 05:05 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. 03:39 – 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 18:13 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:57 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:23 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:40 Virgo
- 04:40 – 06:15 Libra
- 06:15 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:24 Sagittarius
- 10:24 – 12:46 Capricorn
- 12:46 – 15:04 Aquarius
- 15:04 – 17:22 Pisces
- 17:22 – 19:43 Aries
- 19:43 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 03:13 next day Leo
- 03:13 – 04:36 next day Virgo
- 04:36 – 05:05 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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