Durban panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 03:27 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
05:28 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:17
- 08:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:59 to 05:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:47
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:10 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 08:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:41 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:41 – 03:42 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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:28 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:36 Leo
- 04:36 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 07:34 Libra
- 07:34 – 09:29 Scorpio
- 09:29 – 11:44 Sagittarius
- 11:44 – 14:05 Capricorn
- 14:05 – 16:24 Aquarius
- 16:24 – 18:42 Pisces
- 18:42 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 23:21 Taurus
- 23:21 – 01:25 next day Gemini
- 01:25 – 03:06 next day Cancer
- 03:06 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 05:27 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