Durban panchang, 30 October 2025
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 11:53 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
05:04 to 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:04 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:37
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:15 to 05:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 02:45 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:37, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:37
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. 03:37 – 04:20
- 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 18:15 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:03 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:29 Virgo
- 04:29 – 06:03 Libra
- 06:03 – 07:58 Scorpio
- 07:58 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 12:34 Capricorn
- 12:34 – 14:53 Aquarius
- 14:53 – 17:10 Pisces
- 17:10 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:50 Taurus
- 21:50 – 23:54 Gemini
- 23:54 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:01 next day Leo
- 03:01 – 04:25 next day Virgo
- 04:25 – 05:03 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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