Durban panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 12:39 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
05:13 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:31
- 09:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:07 to 05:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:20
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 21:20
- Karana Kaulava until 09:20, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:20 – 23:44
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:32 – 05:12 next day
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 – 04:29
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 03:45 Leo
- 03:45 – 05:09 Virgo
- 05:09 – 06:43 Libra
- 06:43 – 08:38 Scorpio
- 08:38 – 10:53 Sagittarius
- 10:53 – 13:14 Capricorn
- 13:14 – 15:33 Aquarius
- 15:33 – 17:50 Pisces
- 17:50 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:34 next day Gemini
- 00:34 – 02:15 next day Cancer
- 02:15 – 03:41 next day Leo
- 03:41 – 05:05 next day Virgo
- 05:05 – 05:12 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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