Durban panchang, 12 November 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 00:34 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
04:54 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:21
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:05 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:25 to 04:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 03:27 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:05 Moon enters Leo
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:21
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. 03:30 – 04:12
- 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 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:38 Virgo
- 03:38 – 05:12 Libra
- 05:12 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:43 Capricorn
- 11:43 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 16:19 Pisces
- 16:19 – 18:40 Aries
- 18:40 – 20:59 Taurus
- 20:59 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 00:44 next day Cancer
- 00:44 – 02:10 next day Leo
- 02:10 – 03:34 next day Virgo
- 03:34 – 04:54 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