Durban panchang, 13 December 2025
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 00:32 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 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:49 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:20
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:46
- Karana Gara until 13:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:20
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:49 – 04:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:48 – 04:50 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. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:49 – 13:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:20 | Good |
| Rog | 08:20 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:50 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
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:05 Scorpio
- 05:05 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 16:38 Aries
- 16:38 – 18:57 Taurus
- 18:57 – 21:01 Gemini
- 21:01 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 04:50 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