Durban panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 04:45 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:52 to 18:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:52 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 04:52 – 05:48
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:44
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:24
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:41 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 12:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:52 – 05:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:24
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. 03:32 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:23 | Good |
| Rog | 08:23 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:53 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
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:37 Scorpio
- 04:37 – 06:52 Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 04:53 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