Durban panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 10:28 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
04:52 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:45
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:28 to 04:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 04:24 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:00 – 13:47 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:04 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:56 – 10:12
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 – 12:08
- 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 04:52 – 22:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:52 – 22:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:57 Libra
- 04:57 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 13:47 Aquarius
- 13:47 – 16:04 Pisces
- 16:04 – 18:25 Aries
- 18:25 – 20:44 Taurus
- 20:44 – 22:48 Gemini
- 22:48 – 00:29 next day Cancer
- 00:29 – 01:55 next day Leo
- 01:55 – 03:19 next day Virgo
- 03:19 – 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