Durban panchang, 22 October 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 14:35 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
05:11 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:33
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:09 to 05:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:18 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:18
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:09
- Karana Vishti until 11:18, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:09 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:18 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:06 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:33
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. 03:43 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:09 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:49 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:01 Virgo
- 05:01 – 06:35 Libra
- 06:35 – 08:30 Scorpio
- 08:30 – 10:45 Sagittarius
- 10:45 – 13:06 Capricorn
- 13:06 – 15:25 Aquarius
- 15:25 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 20:03 Aries
- 20:03 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:26 next day Gemini
- 00:26 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 04:57 next day Virgo
- 04:57 – 05:10 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