Durban panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 15:34 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
05:10 to 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:32
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:10 to 05:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:42 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:06
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:38
- Karana Balava until 11:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:38 – 22:14
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. 03:42 – 04:26
- 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 18:10 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:33 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:10 – 06:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:57 Virgo
- 04:57 – 06:31 Libra
- 06:31 – 08:26 Scorpio
- 08:26 – 10:41 Sagittarius
- 10:41 – 13:02 Capricorn
- 13:02 – 15:21 Aquarius
- 15:21 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:59 Aries
- 19:59 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 03:30 next day Leo
- 03:30 – 04:53 next day Virgo
- 04:53 – 05:09 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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