Durban panchang, 17 November 2025
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 02:56 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:46
- 12:05 Moon enters Libra
- 14:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:29 to 04:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:42 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 01:31 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:39 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:29, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:05 Moon enters Libra
- 14:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:52 – 01:31 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 – 04:10
- 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 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:52 Libra
- 04:52 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 13:42 Aquarius
- 13:42 – 15:59 Pisces
- 15:59 – 18:20 Aries
- 18:20 – 20:39 Taurus
- 20:39 – 22:43 Gemini
- 22:43 – 00:24 next day Cancer
- 00:24 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 03:14 next day Virgo
- 03:14 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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