Durban panchang, 21 November 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 05:11 Margashirsha 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 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:50
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 04:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:13
- Karana Bava until 11:17, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:50
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:25 – 04:50 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. 03:28 – 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 18:33 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 11:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:50 – 06:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:36 Libra
- 04:36 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 11:07 Capricorn
- 11:07 – 13:26 Aquarius
- 13:26 – 15:44 Pisces
- 15:44 – 18:04 Aries
- 18:04 – 20:23 Taurus
- 20:23 – 22:27 Gemini
- 22:27 – 00:08 next day Cancer
- 00:08 – 01:35 next day Leo
- 01:35 – 02:58 next day Virgo
- 02:58 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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