Durban panchang, 22 November 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:57 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 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:50 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 04:50 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 15:08
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:34 to 04:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:41
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:59
- Karana Kaulava until 13:41, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:50 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:08
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. 03:27 – 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 18:34 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:49 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 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:32 Libra
- 04:32 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 13:22 Aquarius
- 13:22 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 18:00 Aries
- 18:00 – 20:20 Taurus
- 20:20 – 22:23 Gemini
- 22:23 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 01:31 next day Leo
- 01:31 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 04:49 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