Durban panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 02:52 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
05:29 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:25
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:58 to 05:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:47 Moon enters Leo
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:05
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:30 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:49, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:47 Moon enters Leo
- 21:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:30 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:25
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- 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 05:29 – 18:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:03 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Char | 08:36 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:28 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:40 Leo
- 04:40 – 06:04 Virgo
- 06:04 – 07:38 Libra
- 07:38 – 09:33 Scorpio
- 09:33 – 11:48 Sagittarius
- 11:48 – 14:09 Capricorn
- 14:09 – 16:28 Aquarius
- 16:28 – 18:46 Pisces
- 18:46 – 21:06 Aries
- 21:06 – 23:25 Taurus
- 23:25 – 01:29 next day Gemini
- 01:29 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 04:36 next day Leo
- 04:36 – 05:28 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