Durban panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 06:39 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 18:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:38 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:09 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:07
- 06:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:02 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:10
- Karana Kaulava until 07:22, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 20:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:10 – 16:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:53 – 19:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:35 – 03:45 next day
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) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:02 – 04:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:02 – 04:54 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:45 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:09 | Good |
| Rog | 10:09 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:55 | Good |
| Char | 18:55 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:29 Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:44 Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:25 Gemini
- 20:25 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:25 next day Scorpio
- 04:25 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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