Durban panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 11:41 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
05:14 to 18:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:32
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:07 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:05
- Karana Bava until 07:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:05 – 23:05
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 05:28
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 13:55
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. 03:45 – 04:30
- 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 18:07 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:08 – 05:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:08 – 05:13 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:55 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:07 | Good |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:49 Leo
- 03:49 – 05:13 Virgo
- 05:13 – 06:47 Libra
- 06:47 – 08:42 Scorpio
- 08:42 – 10:57 Sagittarius
- 10:57 – 13:18 Capricorn
- 13:18 – 15:37 Aquarius
- 15:37 – 17:54 Pisces
- 17:54 – 20:15 Aries
- 20:15 – 22:34 Taurus
- 22:34 – 00:38 next day Gemini
- 00:38 – 02:19 next day Cancer
- 02:19 – 03:45 next day Leo
- 03:45 – 05:09 next day Virgo
- 05:09 – 05:13 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