Durban panchang, 3 November 2025
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:09 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
05:00 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:40 – 08:20
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:38
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:18 to 05:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:36 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 16:09
- Karana Kaulava until 12:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:36 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:09 – 17:21
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 – 04:17
- 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 18:18 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:35 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:20 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:13 Virgo
- 04:13 – 05:47 Libra
- 05:47 – 07:42 Scorpio
- 07:42 – 09:57 Sagittarius
- 09:57 – 12:18 Capricorn
- 12:18 – 14:37 Aquarius
- 14:37 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 19:15 Aries
- 19:15 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:38 Gemini
- 23:38 – 01:19 next day Cancer
- 01:19 – 02:45 next day Leo
- 02:45 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 05:00 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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