Durban panchang, 25 September 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 16:50 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:21
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:52 to 05:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:03 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 11:21
- Karana Gara until 07:47, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:03 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:21 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:37 – 02:03 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:03 – 07:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:53 – 23:56
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. 04:08 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 07:52
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:41 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:24 Leo
- 05:24 – 06:47 Virgo
- 06:47 – 08:21 Libra
- 08:21 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:31 Sagittarius
- 12:31 – 14:53 Capricorn
- 14:53 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 19:29 Pisces
- 19:29 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 00:09 next day Taurus
- 00:09 – 02:12 next day Gemini
- 02:12 – 03:54 next day Cancer
- 03:54 – 05:20 next day Leo
- 05:20 – 05:41 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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