Durban panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 05:40 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
04:53 to 18:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam 17:09 – 18:54
- 05:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 18:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:54 to 04:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:54 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:41
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:06 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:05
- Karana Bava until 05:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 18:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:09 – 18:54
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. 03:33 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:06 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:38 – 08:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:23 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:33 Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:26 Taurus
- 18:26 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:00 next day Virgo
- 01:00 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 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