Durban panchang, 29 December 2025
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 13:46 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 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:42 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:10
- 06:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:34 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 01:01 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:42, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:10
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 18:58 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:57 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:02 Scorpio
- 04:02 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 00:29 next day Virgo
- 00:29 – 02:03 next day Libra
- 02:03 – 03:58 next day Scorpio
- 03:58 – 04:58 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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