Durban panchang, 29 October 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 10:52 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 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- 05:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 03:50 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:53, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:50 – 06:14 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 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:14 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:05 – 05:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:04 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 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:33 Virgo
- 04:33 – 06:07 Libra
- 06:07 – 08:02 Scorpio
- 08:02 – 10:17 Sagittarius
- 10:17 – 12:38 Capricorn
- 12:38 – 14:56 Aquarius
- 14:56 – 17:14 Pisces
- 17:14 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 23:58 Gemini
- 23:58 – 01:39 next day Cancer
- 01:39 – 03:05 next day Leo
- 03:05 – 04:29 next day Virgo
- 04:29 – 05:04 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