Durban panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 12:40 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
04:57 to 18:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta 17:05 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:12 – 18:57
- 05:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 06:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 04:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:11 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 06:43
- Karana Bava until 08:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 06:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:11 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:43 – 17:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:05 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:12 – 18:57
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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:57 – 05:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 03:00 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:11 – 04:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:11 – 04:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:42 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 04:57 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:06 Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 00:33 next day Virgo
- 00:33 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:02 next day Scorpio
- 04:02 – 04:57 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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