Durban panchang, 8 November 2025
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 22:10 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
04:57 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:57 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 04:57 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:44
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 15:01
- 07:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:22 to 04:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 15:01
- Karana Bava until 14:25, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:57 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:01
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. 03:32 – 04:14
- 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 18:22 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:57 – 00:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:18 | Good |
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:53 Virgo
- 03:53 – 05:27 Libra
- 05:27 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:37 Sagittarius
- 09:37 – 11:59 Capricorn
- 11:59 – 14:17 Aquarius
- 14:17 – 16:35 Pisces
- 16:35 – 18:55 Aries
- 18:55 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:00 next day Cancer
- 01:00 – 02:26 next day Leo
- 02:26 – 03:49 next day Virgo
- 03:49 – 04:56 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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