Durban panchang, 14 November 2025
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:36 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
04:53 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:45
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:27 to 04:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:21 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:55 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:37, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:21 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:37 – 21:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:55 – 04:07 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. 03:29 – 04:11
- 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 18:27 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 17:50
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:53 – 17:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:20 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:53 – 06:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 03:30 Virgo
- 03:30 – 05:04 Libra
- 05:04 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 11:35 Capricorn
- 11:35 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 16:11 Pisces
- 16:11 – 18:32 Aries
- 18:32 – 20:51 Taurus
- 20:51 – 22:55 Gemini
- 22:55 – 00:36 next day Cancer
- 00:36 – 02:02 next day Leo
- 02:02 – 03:26 next day Virgo
- 03:26 – 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