Durban panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 09:47 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
05:17 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:17 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:17 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:53
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:58 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:32
- Karana Gara until 15:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 15:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:17 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 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 05:17 – 06:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:29 | Good |
| Rog | 08:29 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:15 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
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:57 Leo
- 03:57 – 05:21 Virgo
- 05:21 – 06:55 Libra
- 06:55 – 08:50 Scorpio
- 08:50 – 11:05 Sagittarius
- 11:05 – 13:26 Capricorn
- 13:26 – 15:45 Aquarius
- 15:45 – 18:02 Pisces
- 18:02 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:42 Taurus
- 22:42 – 00:46 next day Gemini
- 00:46 – 02:27 next day Cancer
- 02:27 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 05:15 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