Durban panchang, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 04:58 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
05:24 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:24 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:24 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:52
- 05:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:01 to 05:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:50
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 18:32
- Karana Chatushpada until 05:54, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:24 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:32 – 17:35 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 18:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:12 – 05:23 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. 03:53 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:24 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:25 Leo
- 04:25 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 07:22 Libra
- 07:22 – 09:17 Scorpio
- 09:17 – 11:32 Sagittarius
- 11:32 – 13:54 Capricorn
- 13:54 – 16:12 Aquarius
- 16:12 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 20:50 Aries
- 20:50 – 23:10 Taurus
- 23:10 – 01:13 next day Gemini
- 01:13 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 05:23 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