Durban panchang, 11 November 2026
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 05:58 Kartika month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:21
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 04:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:23
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:10 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:23, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:10 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:21
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. 03:31 – 04:13
- 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 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 04:55 – 08:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:55 – 08:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 12:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 04:54 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
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 03:42 Virgo
- 03:42 – 05:17 Libra
- 05:17 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:48 Capricorn
- 11:48 – 14:06 Aquarius
- 14:06 – 16:24 Pisces
- 16:24 – 18:45 Aries
- 18:45 – 21:04 Taurus
- 21:04 – 23:07 Gemini
- 23:07 – 00:49 next day Cancer
- 00:49 – 02:15 next day Leo
- 02:15 – 03:39 next day Virgo
- 03:39 – 04:54 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