Durban panchang, 13 October 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 06:38 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
05:21 to 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:28
- 07:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:03 to 05:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 16:53
- Karana Taitila until 07:16, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:42 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:21 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:13 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:21 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:13 Leo
- 04:13 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:11 Libra
- 07:11 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:20 Sagittarius
- 11:20 – 13:42 Capricorn
- 13:42 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 20:39 Aries
- 20:39 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:01 next day Gemini
- 01:01 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 05:20 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