Durban panchang, 9 November 2026
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 04:36 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
04:56 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:37 – 08:18
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:41
- 09:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 09:02 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:23 to 04:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 09:02
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:49 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:27
- Karana Naga until 09:02, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 09:02 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:41
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. 03:32 – 04:14
- 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 18:23 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:50 Virgo
- 03:50 – 05:24 Libra
- 05:24 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:56 Capricorn
- 11:56 – 14:14 Aquarius
- 14:14 – 16:32 Pisces
- 16:32 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 00:57 next day Cancer
- 00:57 – 02:23 next day Leo
- 02:23 – 03:46 next day Virgo
- 03:46 – 04:56 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