Durban panchang, 28 October 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 09:51 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
05:05 to 18:13- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:35
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:53 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 04:20 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:16, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:20 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:20 – 06:20 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:15 – 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. 03:38 – 04:22
- 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 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:05 – 12:15
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Char | 08:22 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:36 Virgo
- 04:36 – 06:11 Libra
- 06:11 – 08:06 Scorpio
- 08:06 – 10:20 Sagittarius
- 10:20 – 12:42 Capricorn
- 12:42 – 15:00 Aquarius
- 15:00 – 17:18 Pisces
- 17:18 – 19:39 Aries
- 19:39 – 21:58 Taurus
- 21:58 – 00:02 next day Gemini
- 00:02 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 03:09 next day Leo
- 03:09 – 04:33 next day Virgo
- 04:33 – 05:05 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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