Durban panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 02:11 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
05:30 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 10:11 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:28
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:58 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:38
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 06:21
- Karana Vanija until 11:29, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:29 – 22:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:28
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. 03:58 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:44 Leo
- 04:44 – 06:08 Virgo
- 06:08 – 07:42 Libra
- 07:42 – 09:37 Scorpio
- 09:37 – 11:52 Sagittarius
- 11:52 – 14:13 Capricorn
- 14:13 – 16:32 Aquarius
- 16:32 – 18:49 Pisces
- 18:49 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 23:29 Taurus
- 23:29 – 01:33 next day Gemini
- 01:33 – 03:14 next day Cancer
- 03:14 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 05:29 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