Durban panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 01:24 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
05:31 to 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:57
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:02 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:57 to 05:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:24 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 09:02
- Karana Taitila until 13:21, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:57
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. 03:59 – 04:45
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:44 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:48 Leo
- 04:48 – 06:12 Virgo
- 06:12 – 07:46 Libra
- 07:46 – 09:41 Scorpio
- 09:41 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 16:36 Aquarius
- 16:36 – 18:53 Pisces
- 18:53 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:33 Taurus
- 23:33 – 01:37 next day Gemini
- 01:37 – 03:18 next day Cancer
- 03:18 – 04:44 next day Leo
- 04:44 – 05:30 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