Durban panchang, 28 November 2025
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 11:44 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
04:48 to 18:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:55
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 08:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:39 to 04:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:45
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 23:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:35
- Karana Vishti until 08:58, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 08:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:00 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:55
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 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:19 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:48 – 06:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:09 Libra
- 04:09 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 15:16 Pisces
- 15:16 – 17:37 Aries
- 17:37 – 19:56 Taurus
- 19:56 – 22:00 Gemini
- 22:00 – 23:41 Cancer
- 23:41 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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