Durban panchang, 5 November 2026
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 02:31 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
04:59 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:59 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:39
- 06:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 04:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:39 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:26 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:39 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:39 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:39 – 02:51 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:59 – 00:26 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 – 04:16
- 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 18:19 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:39 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:06 Virgo
- 04:06 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 07:35 Scorpio
- 07:35 – 09:50 Sagittarius
- 09:50 – 12:11 Capricorn
- 12:11 – 14:30 Aquarius
- 14:30 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 19:08 Aries
- 19:08 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 01:12 next day Cancer
- 01:12 – 02:38 next day Leo
- 02:38 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 04:58 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