Durban panchang, 2 November 2025
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 15:02 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
05:01 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:17
- 07:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 05:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:37 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:40
- Karana Bava until 14:55, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:17
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- 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 18:17 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:33 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:41 – 08:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:20 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:17 Virgo
- 04:17 – 05:51 Libra
- 05:51 – 07:46 Scorpio
- 07:46 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 12:22 Capricorn
- 12:22 – 14:41 Aquarius
- 14:41 – 16:58 Pisces
- 16:58 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 01:23 next day Cancer
- 01:23 – 02:49 next day Leo
- 02:49 – 04:13 next day Virgo
- 04:13 – 05:00 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