Durban panchang, 4 December 2025
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 18:35 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 18:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:56
- 05:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:11 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:43 to 04:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:08
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:24 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 09:04
- Karana Vanija until 05:08, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:48 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:24 – 04:48 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) 11:18 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:48 – 11:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:08 – 01:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:32 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:43 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:45 Libra
- 03:45 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:53 Pisces
- 14:53 – 17:13 Aries
- 17:13 – 19:32 Taurus
- 19:32 – 21:36 Gemini
- 21:36 – 23:17 Cancer
- 23:17 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 04:48 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