Durban panchang, 27 October 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 20:01 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:34
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 14:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:36 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:12 to 05:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:23
- Karana Taitila until 14:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 14:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:23 – 03:48 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:34
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. 03:39 – 04:23
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:09 – 05:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Char | 08:23 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:34 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:41 Virgo
- 04:41 – 06:16 Libra
- 06:16 – 08:10 Scorpio
- 08:10 – 10:25 Sagittarius
- 10:25 – 12:47 Capricorn
- 12:47 – 15:05 Aquarius
- 15:05 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 22:03 Taurus
- 22:03 – 00:06 next day Gemini
- 00:06 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 03:14 next day Leo
- 03:14 – 04:37 next day Virgo
- 04:37 – 05:06 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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