Durban panchang, 1 October 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 23:25 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
05:35 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:35 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:56 to 05:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:05
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:57 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:48
- Karana Taitila until 09:05, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:48 – 14:47 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:35 – 00:57 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:57 – 05:34 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. 04:02 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 09:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:57 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:34 next day | Good |
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
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:00 Leo
- 05:00 – 06:24 Virgo
- 06:24 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 09:53 Scorpio
- 09:53 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:48 Aquarius
- 16:48 – 19:05 Pisces
- 19:05 – 21:26 Aries
- 21:26 – 23:45 Taurus
- 23:45 – 01:49 next day Gemini
- 01:49 – 03:30 next day Cancer
- 03:30 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 05:34 next day Virgo
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