Durban panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 01:57 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 18:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 17:07
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:52 to 04:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:27 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:27
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:53
- Karana Kaulava until 07:08, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:53 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:27 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 17:07
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. 03:31 – 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 18:52 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:27 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Char | 08:21 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 16:26 Aries
- 16:26 – 18:45 Taurus
- 18:45 – 20:49 Gemini
- 20:49 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
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