Durban panchang, 14 November 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 08:34 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
04:53 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:53 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 04:53 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:03
- 06:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:27 to 04:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:52 – 03:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:53 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:03
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:52 – 05:16 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. 03:30 – 04:11
- 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 18:27 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:54 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:17 | Good |
| Rog | 08:17 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 03:31 Virgo
- 03:31 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:36 Capricorn
- 11:36 – 13:55 Aquarius
- 13:55 – 16:12 Pisces
- 16:12 – 18:33 Aries
- 18:33 – 20:52 Taurus
- 20:52 – 22:56 Gemini
- 22:56 – 00:37 next day Cancer
- 00:37 – 02:03 next day Leo
- 02:03 – 03:27 next day Virgo
- 03:27 – 04:53 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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