Durban panchang, 3 November 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 01:29 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 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- 06:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 05:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:25
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 06:24
- Karana Gara until 08:25, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:56 – 07:33 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. 03:35 – 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 18:18 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Char | 08:20 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 20:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:14 Virgo
- 04:14 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 07:43 Scorpio
- 07:43 – 09:58 Sagittarius
- 09:58 – 12:19 Capricorn
- 12:19 – 14:38 Aquarius
- 14:38 – 16:55 Pisces
- 16:55 – 19:16 Aries
- 19:16 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 01:20 next day Cancer
- 01:20 – 02:46 next day Leo
- 02:46 – 04:10 next day Virgo
- 04:10 – 05:00 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