Durban panchang, 1 November 2026
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 00:10 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
05:02 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:16
- 11:09 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:16 to 05:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 01:00 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:09
- Karana Bava until 11:22, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:09 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:16
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. 03:36 – 04:19
- 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 18:16 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 01:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:41 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:22 Virgo
- 04:22 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 10:06 Sagittarius
- 10:06 – 12:27 Capricorn
- 12:27 – 14:46 Aquarius
- 14:46 – 17:03 Pisces
- 17:03 – 19:24 Aries
- 19:24 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 23:47 Gemini
- 23:47 – 01:28 next day Cancer
- 01:28 – 02:54 next day Leo
- 02:54 – 04:18 next day Virgo
- 04:18 – 05:01 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