Durban panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 10:37 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 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:12
- 05:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:57 to 04:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:31 – 08:51 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:12
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) 11:28 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 05:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 10:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:55 – 06:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:12 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 04:56 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
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:14 Scorpio
- 04:14 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 18:06 Taurus
- 18:06 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:10 next day Scorpio
- 04:10 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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