Durban panchang, 25 May 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 13:33 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 13:17 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 01:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:38 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 23:45
- Karana Taitila until 13:17, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
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. 04:51 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:04 | Good |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:20 Gemini
- 10:20 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 13:27 Leo
- 13:27 – 14:51 Virgo
- 14:51 – 16:25 Libra
- 16:25 – 18:20 Scorpio
- 18:20 – 20:35 Sagittarius
- 20:35 – 22:56 Capricorn
- 22:56 – 01:15 next day Aquarius
- 01:15 – 03:32 next day Pisces
- 03:32 – 05:53 next day Aries
- 05:53 – 06:41 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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