Durban panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 08:38 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 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:40
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:16 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 12:32
- Karana Vishti until 09:41, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:32 – 13:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:54 – 04:48 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:48 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 04:55 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 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:21 Scorpio
- 04:21 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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