Durban panchang, 28 October 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 21:12 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
05:06 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 05:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:56 · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 00:10 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:07, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:10 – 10:23 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. 03:39 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:13 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:06 – 09:56
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:06 – 09:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:56 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:23 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:37 Virgo
- 04:37 – 06:12 Libra
- 06:12 – 08:07 Scorpio
- 08:07 – 10:21 Sagittarius
- 10:21 – 12:43 Capricorn
- 12:43 – 15:01 Aquarius
- 15:01 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:59 Taurus
- 21:59 – 00:03 next day Gemini
- 00:03 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:10 next day Leo
- 03:10 – 04:34 next day Virgo
- 04:34 – 05:05 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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