Durban panchang, 2 November 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 00:52 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
05:01 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:41 – 08:20
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:38
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:17 to 05:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:16 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:41
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:16 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 08:36
- Karana Kaulava until 09:41, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:16 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 17:58 – 19:59
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- 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 18:17 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:20 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:18 Virgo
- 04:18 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 07:47 Scorpio
- 07:47 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 12:23 Capricorn
- 12:23 – 14:42 Aquarius
- 14:42 – 16:59 Pisces
- 16:59 – 19:20 Aries
- 19:20 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:43 Gemini
- 23:43 – 01:24 next day Cancer
- 01:24 – 02:50 next day Leo
- 02:50 – 04:14 next day Virgo
- 04:14 – 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