Durban panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 13:36 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
05:12 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:08 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:42
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 21:03
- Karana Gara until 10:42, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:06 – 11:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:12 – 16:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:33 – 17:42
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 16:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:05 Virgo
- 05:05 – 06:39 Libra
- 06:39 – 08:34 Scorpio
- 08:34 – 10:49 Sagittarius
- 10:49 – 13:10 Capricorn
- 13:10 – 15:29 Aquarius
- 15:29 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 20:07 Aries
- 20:07 – 22:26 Taurus
- 22:26 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 02:11 next day Cancer
- 02:11 – 03:37 next day Leo
- 03:37 – 05:01 next day Virgo
- 05:01 – 05:11 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