Durban panchang, 18 November 2025
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 03:24 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
04:51 to 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:48
- 16:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:30 to 04:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:14 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:57, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:57 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:48
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. 03:28 – 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 18:30 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Char | 08:16 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:51 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
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 13:38 Aquarius
- 13:38 – 15:55 Pisces
- 15:55 – 18:16 Aries
- 18:16 – 20:35 Taurus
- 20:35 – 22:39 Gemini
- 22:39 – 00:20 next day Cancer
- 00:20 – 01:46 next day Leo
- 01:46 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
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