Durban panchang, 1 November 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 13:58 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
05:02 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:02 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 05:02 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:58
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 05:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:42
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:50 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:39
- Karana Gara until 05:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:02 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:58 – 04:02 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:39 – 02:15 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. 03:36 – 04:19
- 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 05:02 – 14:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:21 Virgo
- 04:21 – 05:55 Libra
- 05:55 – 07:50 Scorpio
- 07:50 – 10:05 Sagittarius
- 10:05 – 12:26 Capricorn
- 12:26 – 14:45 Aquarius
- 14:45 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:46 Gemini
- 23:46 – 01:27 next day Cancer
- 01:27 – 02:53 next day Leo
- 02:53 – 04:17 next day Virgo
- 04:17 – 05:01 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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