Durban panchang, 19 November 2025
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 03:55 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 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:24
- 05:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:31 to 04:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:30 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:14
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:30
- Karana Shakuni until 06:14, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:30 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:24
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:50 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 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:44 Libra
- 04:44 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 13:34 Aquarius
- 13:34 – 15:51 Pisces
- 15:51 – 18:12 Aries
- 18:12 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:35 Gemini
- 22:35 – 00:16 next day Cancer
- 00:16 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 04:50 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