Durban panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 04:28 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
05:26 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:26
- 06:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:00 to 05:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:06 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 19:50
- Karana Vishti until 06:23, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:49 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:06 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:46 – 23:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:26
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. 03:54 – 04:40
- 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
| Char | 05:26 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:24 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:29 Leo
- 04:29 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 07:26 Libra
- 07:26 – 09:21 Scorpio
- 09:21 – 11:36 Sagittarius
- 11:36 – 13:58 Capricorn
- 13:58 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 18:34 Pisces
- 18:34 – 20:54 Aries
- 20:54 – 23:14 Taurus
- 23:14 – 01:17 next day Gemini
- 01:17 – 02:58 next day Cancer
- 02:58 – 04:25 next day Leo
- 04:25 – 05:24 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