Durban panchang, 29 October 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 22:19 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
05:05 to 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:05 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:36
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 08:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:14 to 05:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 20:36
- Karana Bava until 08:07, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 08:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:05 – 07:41
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:41 – 05:04 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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:14 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:40 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:22 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:34 Virgo
- 04:34 – 06:08 Libra
- 06:08 – 08:03 Scorpio
- 08:03 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:39 Capricorn
- 12:39 – 14:57 Aquarius
- 14:57 – 17:15 Pisces
- 17:15 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 01:40 next day Cancer
- 01:40 – 03:06 next day Leo
- 03:06 – 04:30 next day Virgo
- 04:30 – 05:04 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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