Durban panchang, 14 December 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 00:59 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
04:50 to 18:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:58 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:51
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:11 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:51 to 04:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:38 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:15
- Karana Vishti until 15:20, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:11 Moon enters Libra
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:58 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:51
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. 03:30 – 04:10
- 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 18:51 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:35 – 08:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:20 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 04:50 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:01 Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:53 Taurus
- 18:53 – 20:57 Gemini
- 20:57 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 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