Durban panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 21:45 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 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:46
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:46 to 04:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 16:37
- Karana Vishti until 14:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:46
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 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:41 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:18 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 03:33 Libra
- 03:33 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 17:01 Aries
- 17:01 – 19:21 Taurus
- 19:21 – 21:24 Gemini
- 21:24 – 23:06 Cancer
- 23:06 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 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