Durban panchang, 31 December 2025
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 16:08 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:43
- 05:53 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:18
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:43
- Karana Bava until 11:57, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:53 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:43
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:58 – 22:00
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:58 – 22:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:00 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 04:59 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 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:54 Scorpio
- 03:54 – 06:09 Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 03:50 next day Scorpio
- 03:50 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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