Durban panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 03:59 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
05:27 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:27 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:29
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:00 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:48 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 21:28
- Karana Gara until 07:14, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:48 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:46 – 23:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:50 – 05:26 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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Char | 10:09 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:32 Leo
- 04:32 – 05:56 Virgo
- 05:56 – 07:30 Libra
- 07:30 – 09:25 Scorpio
- 09:25 – 11:40 Sagittarius
- 11:40 – 14:01 Capricorn
- 14:01 – 16:20 Aquarius
- 16:20 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:58 Aries
- 20:58 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:02 next day Cancer
- 03:02 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 05:26 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