Durban panchang, 15 November 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 09:31 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 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:28
- 09:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:28 to 04:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:59 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 03:46 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:14, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:28
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. 03:29 – 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 18:28 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:35 – 08:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 04:52 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 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 11:32 Capricorn
- 11:32 – 13:51 Aquarius
- 13:51 – 16:08 Pisces
- 16:08 – 18:29 Aries
- 18:29 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 22:52 Gemini
- 22:52 – 00:33 next day Cancer
- 00:33 – 01:59 next day Leo
- 01:59 – 03:23 next day Virgo
- 03:23 – 04:52 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