Durban panchang, 15 October 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 08:03 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
05:19 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:19 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:34 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 10:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:04 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:17 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:45
- Karana Bava until 10:46, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:34 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
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. 03:49 – 04:34
- 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 18:04 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:19 – 23:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:17 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:19 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:05 Leo
- 04:05 – 05:29 Virgo
- 05:29 – 07:03 Libra
- 07:03 – 08:58 Scorpio
- 08:58 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 13:34 Capricorn
- 13:34 – 15:52 Aquarius
- 15:52 – 18:10 Pisces
- 18:10 – 20:31 Aries
- 20:31 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 05:18 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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