Durban panchang, 9 November 2025
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 23:08 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
04:56 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:23
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:23 to 04:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:34 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 11:32
- Karana Kaulava until 11:35, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:23
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. 03:31 – 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 18:23 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:37 – 08:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:55 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
- 04:56 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:49 Virgo
- 03:49 – 05:23 Libra
- 05:23 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:55 Capricorn
- 11:55 – 14:13 Aquarius
- 14:13 – 16:31 Pisces
- 16:31 – 18:51 Aries
- 18:51 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 00:56 next day Cancer
- 00:56 – 02:22 next day Leo
- 02:22 – 03:45 next day Virgo
- 03:45 – 04:55 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