Durban panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 01:26 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:35 – 08:20
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 16:03
- 07:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:51 to 04:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:50
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:00
- Karana Balava until 17:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:20
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:00 – 11:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 16:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:50 – 07:38
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) 11:23 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:20 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:57 Scorpio
- 04:57 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:49 Taurus
- 18:49 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 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