Durban panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 07:18 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
05:20 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:17
- 08:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:03 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:33 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:09
- Karana Vanija until 08:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:17
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 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:20 – 00:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 00:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:09 Leo
- 04:09 – 05:33 Virgo
- 05:33 – 07:07 Libra
- 07:07 – 09:02 Scorpio
- 09:02 – 11:17 Sagittarius
- 11:17 – 13:38 Capricorn
- 13:38 – 15:56 Aquarius
- 15:56 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 20:35 Aries
- 20:35 – 22:54 Taurus
- 22:54 – 00:58 next day Gemini
- 00:58 – 02:39 next day Cancer
- 02:39 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 05:19 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