Durban panchang, 20 November 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 04:31 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
04:50 to 18:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:50 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:48
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:47 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:47
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:22
- Karana Naga until 08:47, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:47 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:03 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:22 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:48
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 08:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:40 Libra
- 04:40 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 13:30 Aquarius
- 13:30 – 15:48 Pisces
- 15:48 – 18:08 Aries
- 18:08 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:31 Gemini
- 22:31 – 00:12 next day Cancer
- 00:12 – 01:38 next day Leo
- 01:38 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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