Durban panchang, 25 October 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 17:41 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
05:08 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:11
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:52 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:11 to 05:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 13:52
- Karana Vanija until 08:26, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:52 Moon enters Aries
- 19:22 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:26 – 15:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:52 – 15:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:11
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 18:11 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 15:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:52 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:46 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:49 Virgo
- 04:49 – 06:23 Libra
- 06:23 – 08:18 Scorpio
- 08:18 – 10:33 Sagittarius
- 10:33 – 12:55 Capricorn
- 12:55 – 15:13 Aquarius
- 15:13 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:51 Aries
- 19:51 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:14 next day Gemini
- 00:14 – 01:56 next day Cancer
- 01:56 – 03:22 next day Leo
- 03:22 – 04:45 next day Virgo
- 04:45 – 05:07 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