Durban panchang, 15 November 2025
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:03 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 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:53 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:53 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:04
- 10:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:28 to 04:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:16 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:16 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:10, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:16 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:53 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:04
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:53 – 20:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:04 – 04:52 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 18:28 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:00 Libra
- 05:00 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 11:31 Capricorn
- 11:31 – 13:50 Aquarius
- 13:50 – 16:07 Pisces
- 16:07 – 18:28 Aries
- 18:28 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 00:32 next day Cancer
- 00:32 – 01:58 next day Leo
- 01:58 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 04:52 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