Durban panchang, 31 October 2025
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 12:55 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
05:03 to 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:37
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:16 to 05:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:34
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:01 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:34, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:10 – 09:14
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. 03:36 – 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 18:16 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:03 – 06:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:25 Virgo
- 04:25 – 05:59 Libra
- 05:59 – 07:54 Scorpio
- 07:54 – 10:09 Sagittarius
- 10:09 – 12:30 Capricorn
- 12:30 – 14:49 Aquarius
- 14:49 – 17:06 Pisces
- 17:06 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:46 Taurus
- 21:46 – 23:50 Gemini
- 23:50 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 02:57 next day Leo
- 02:57 – 04:21 next day Virgo
- 04:21 – 05:02 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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