Durban panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 06:01 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
05:22 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:30
- 06:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:02 to 05:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 20:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:02
- Karana Balava until 06:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:30
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. 03:51 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:22 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:17 Leo
- 04:17 – 05:40 Virgo
- 05:40 – 07:14 Libra
- 07:14 – 09:09 Scorpio
- 09:09 – 11:24 Sagittarius
- 11:24 – 13:46 Capricorn
- 13:46 – 16:04 Aquarius
- 16:04 – 18:22 Pisces
- 18:22 – 20:43 Aries
- 20:43 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:05 next day Gemini
- 01:05 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 05:21 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