Durban panchang, 7 November 2026
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 03:29 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
04:58 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:58 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 04:58 – 05:51
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 15:00
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:21 to 04:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:18
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 23:57
- Karana Vanija until 07:18, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Moon enters Libra
- 19:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:58 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:58 – 05:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:00
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:58 – 02:22 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. 03:33 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 04:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:22 – 04:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:22 – 04:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:18 | Good |
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 04:57 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
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:58 Virgo
- 03:58 – 05:32 Libra
- 05:32 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 12:03 Capricorn
- 12:03 – 14:22 Aquarius
- 14:22 – 16:40 Pisces
- 16:40 – 19:00 Aries
- 19:00 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:04 next day Cancer
- 01:04 – 02:31 next day Leo
- 02:31 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 04:57 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