Durban panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 08:54 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
05:18 to 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:29
- 13:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:05 to 05:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:17 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:35
- Karana Kaulava until 13:08, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:35 – 20:59
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- 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 18:05 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 05:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:18 – 06:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:29 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:01 Leo
- 04:01 – 05:25 Virgo
- 05:25 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 08:54 Scorpio
- 08:54 – 11:09 Sagittarius
- 11:09 – 13:30 Capricorn
- 13:30 – 15:49 Aquarius
- 15:49 – 18:06 Pisces
- 18:06 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:46 Taurus
- 22:46 – 00:50 next day Gemini
- 00:50 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 05:17 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