Durban panchang, 30 December 2025
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 14:55 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
04:58 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 17:13
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:28 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 21:32
- Karana Vanija until 14:59, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:13
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- 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 04:58 – 00:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:28 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 17:13 | Good |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 04:58 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
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:58 Scorpio
- 03:58 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 01:59 next day Libra
- 01:59 – 03:54 next day Scorpio
- 03:54 – 04:58 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