Durban panchang, 4 November 2026
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 02:01 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
05:00 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:19
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 04:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:56 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:33
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:00 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 02:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:33, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:56 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:56 – 07:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:56 – 01:39 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. 03:34 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:19 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:10 Virgo
- 04:10 – 05:44 Libra
- 05:44 – 07:39 Scorpio
- 07:39 – 09:54 Sagittarius
- 09:54 – 12:15 Capricorn
- 12:15 – 14:34 Aquarius
- 14:34 – 16:51 Pisces
- 16:51 – 19:12 Aries
- 19:12 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:16 next day Cancer
- 01:16 – 02:42 next day Leo
- 02:42 – 04:06 next day Virgo
- 04:06 – 04:59 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