Durban panchang, 11 October 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 05:29 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 18:02
- 05:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:34 Moon enters Libra
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:02 to 05:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:01
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:35
- Karana Kimstughna until 05:52, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:34 Moon enters Libra
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:35 – 18:47
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. 03:52 – 04:38
- 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 18:02 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:21 Leo
- 04:21 – 05:44 Virgo
- 05:44 – 07:18 Libra
- 07:18 – 09:13 Scorpio
- 09:13 – 11:28 Sagittarius
- 11:28 – 13:50 Capricorn
- 13:50 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 23:06 Taurus
- 23:06 – 01:09 next day Gemini
- 01:09 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 05:22 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