Durban panchang, 31 October 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:15 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
05:03 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:03 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 05:03 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:49
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:57
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:15 to 05:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:27
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:09 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 14:01
- Karana Vanija until 13:27, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:03 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:30 – 00:22 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. 03:37 – 04:20
- 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 18:15 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 02:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:26 Virgo
- 04:26 – 06:00 Libra
- 06:00 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 10:10 Sagittarius
- 10:10 – 12:31 Capricorn
- 12:31 – 14:50 Aquarius
- 14:50 – 17:07 Pisces
- 17:07 – 19:28 Aries
- 19:28 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 01:32 next day Cancer
- 01:32 – 02:58 next day Leo
- 02:58 – 04:22 next day Virgo
- 04:22 – 05:02 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