Durban panchang, 5 November 2025
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 18:33 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
04:59 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:19
- 05:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:10 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 04:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:19
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 06:10 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:58
- Karana Vishti until 05:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:10 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:58 – 03:34 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:59 – 06:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 03:04 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. 03:33 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:04 – 04:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:04 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:05 Virgo
- 04:05 – 05:39 Libra
- 05:39 – 07:34 Scorpio
- 07:34 – 09:49 Sagittarius
- 09:49 – 12:10 Capricorn
- 12:10 – 14:29 Aquarius
- 14:29 – 16:47 Pisces
- 16:47 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 01:11 next day Cancer
- 01:11 – 02:37 next day Leo
- 02:37 – 04:01 next day Virgo
- 04:01 – 04:58 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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