Durban panchang, 2 December 2025
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 16:05 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 18:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:58
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:21 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:42 to 04:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:38
- Karana Balava until 12:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:21 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:38 – 03:32 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. 03:27 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:48 – 17:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:48 – 17:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:27 – 04:48 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:21 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:32 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Char | 08:17 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:42 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:53 Libra
- 03:53 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 17:21 Aries
- 17:21 – 19:40 Taurus
- 19:40 – 21:44 Gemini
- 21:44 – 23:25 Cancer
- 23:25 – 00:51 next day Leo
- 00:51 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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