Durban panchang, 25 December 2025
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 09:38 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
04:55 to 18:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:55 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:08
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 10:13
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:30 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 11:43
- Karana Balava until 10:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:55 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:08
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. 03:35 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:24
- 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 04:55 – 04:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 10:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:25 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:17 Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:14 next day Scorpio
- 04:14 – 04:55 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