Durban panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 10:44 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:06
- 09:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:03 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:06 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:26
- Karana Vishti until 18:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:06
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. 03:46 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:19 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:53 Leo
- 03:53 – 05:17 Virgo
- 05:17 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 08:46 Scorpio
- 08:46 – 11:01 Sagittarius
- 11:01 – 13:22 Capricorn
- 13:22 – 15:41 Aquarius
- 15:41 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 20:19 Aries
- 20:19 – 22:38 Taurus
- 22:38 – 00:42 next day Gemini
- 00:42 – 02:23 next day Cancer
- 02:23 – 03:49 next day Leo
- 03:49 – 05:13 next day Virgo
- 05:13 – 05:14 next day Libra
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