Durban panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 00:28 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
05:33 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:33 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:33 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:51
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:57 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 11:51
- Karana Balava until 15:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:33 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:12
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:51 – 22:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
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. 04:00 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:22 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:31 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
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:52 Leo
- 04:52 – 06:16 Virgo
- 06:16 – 07:50 Libra
- 07:50 – 09:45 Scorpio
- 09:45 – 12:00 Sagittarius
- 12:00 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 16:40 Aquarius
- 16:40 – 18:57 Pisces
- 18:57 – 21:18 Aries
- 21:18 – 23:37 Taurus
- 23:37 – 01:41 next day Gemini
- 01:41 – 03:22 next day Cancer
- 03:22 – 04:48 next day Leo
- 04:48 – 05:31 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