Durban panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:49 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
05:07 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:45 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:35
- 06:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:12 to 05:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 10:47
- Karana Bava until 06:11, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:35
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. 03:40 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:45 Virgo
- 04:45 – 06:19 Libra
- 06:19 – 08:14 Scorpio
- 08:14 – 10:29 Sagittarius
- 10:29 – 12:51 Capricorn
- 12:51 – 15:09 Aquarius
- 15:09 – 17:27 Pisces
- 17:27 – 19:48 Aries
- 19:48 – 22:07 Taurus
- 22:07 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 03:18 next day Leo
- 03:18 – 04:41 next day Virgo
- 04:41 – 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