Durban panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 03:10 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
04:51 to 18:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:51 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:05
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:29 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:35
- Karana Vishti until 12:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 12:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:28
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:35 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:05
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 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:51 – 16:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:29 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:22 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:45 Scorpio
- 04:45 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:41 Gemini
- 20:41 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 01:12 next day Virgo
- 01:12 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 04:52 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