Durban panchang, 16 November 2025
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 02:29 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
04:52 to 18:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:29
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:29 to 04:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:18 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 03:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:10, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:29
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 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:52 – 22:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:52 – 22:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:34 – 08:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 04:52 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:56 Libra
- 04:56 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 13:46 Aquarius
- 13:46 – 16:03 Pisces
- 16:03 – 18:24 Aries
- 18:24 – 20:43 Taurus
- 20:43 – 22:47 Gemini
- 22:47 – 00:28 next day Cancer
- 00:28 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 03:18 next day Virgo
- 03:18 – 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