Durban panchang, 23 December 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 07:39 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
04:54 to 18:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:25 – 17:10
- 08:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 08:43
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:00
- Karana Gara until 08:43, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 04:54 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. 03:34 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:54 – 03:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:54 – 08:43
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Char | 08:24 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:25 – 17:10 | Good |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:10 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:25 Scorpio
- 04:25 – 06:40 Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:18 Taurus
- 18:18 – 20:21 Gemini
- 20:21 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 04:54 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