Durban panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 20:39 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:11
- 04:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:03 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 04:58
- Karana Taitila until 09:45, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 04:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:03 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:46 – 20:52 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:20 – 04:55 next day
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. 03:35 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:55 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:55 – 06:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:11 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:25 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:19 Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:55 Capricorn
- 08:55 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:15 next day Scorpio
- 04:15 – 04:55 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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