Durban panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 00:05 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
04:49 to 18:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 17:04
- 06:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:49 to 04:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:27
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:20 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 07:42
- Karana Kaulava until 11:27, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 17:04
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. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:49 – 06:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:19 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:49 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
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 16:42 Aries
- 16:42 – 19:01 Taurus
- 19:01 – 21:05 Gemini
- 21:05 – 22:46 Cancer
- 22:46 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 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