Durban panchang, 27 December 2025
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 11:38 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
04:56 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:56 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 04:56 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:27
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:57 to 04:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:40
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:51
- Karana Vanija until 09:40, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:09 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:56 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:56 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:40 – 21:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:27
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. 03:36 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:26 | Good |
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:11 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 04:57 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
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:10 Scorpio
- 04:10 – 06:25 Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:06 Gemini
- 20:06 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 04:57 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