Durban panchang, 24 October 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 16:36 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
05:09 to 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:09 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 05:09 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:55
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:10 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 17:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:07, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:09 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:02 – 05:08 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. 03:41 – 04:25
- 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 05:09 – 09:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:07 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:02 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:53 Virgo
- 04:53 – 06:27 Libra
- 06:27 – 08:22 Scorpio
- 08:22 – 10:37 Sagittarius
- 10:37 – 12:59 Capricorn
- 12:59 – 15:17 Aquarius
- 15:17 – 17:35 Pisces
- 17:35 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 22:15 Taurus
- 22:15 – 00:18 next day Gemini
- 00:18 – 01:59 next day Cancer
- 01:59 – 03:26 next day Leo
- 03:26 – 04:49 next day Virgo
- 04:49 – 05:08 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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