Durban panchang, 13 November 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 01:07 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 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:54 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:44
- 07:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:26 to 04:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:04
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 02:57 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:41, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:57 – 02:55 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. 03:30 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:26 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:04 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:53 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
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:34 Virgo
- 03:34 – 05:08 Libra
- 05:08 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:39 Capricorn
- 11:39 – 13:57 Aquarius
- 13:57 – 16:15 Pisces
- 16:15 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 20:55 Taurus
- 20:55 – 22:59 Gemini
- 22:59 – 00:40 next day Cancer
- 00:40 – 02:06 next day Leo
- 02:06 – 03:30 next day Virgo
- 03:30 – 04:53 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