Durban panchang, 12 November 2026
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 06:47 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
04:54 to 18:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:54 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:43
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 04:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:39
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:49 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:56 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:39, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:43
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. 03:30 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:25 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:49 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:39 Virgo
- 03:39 – 05:13 Libra
- 05:13 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:44 Capricorn
- 11:44 – 14:02 Aquarius
- 14:02 – 16:20 Pisces
- 16:20 – 18:41 Aries
- 18:41 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:04 Gemini
- 23:04 – 00:45 next day Cancer
- 00:45 – 02:11 next day Leo
- 02:11 – 03:35 next day Virgo
- 03:35 – 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