Durban panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 11:24 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 18:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:47
- 12:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 04:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:35 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:04 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:35 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:47, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:00 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:35 – 08:11 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:52 – 01:04 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:04 – 04:51 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. 03:29 – 04:10
- 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 18:29 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:52 – 02:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:04 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Char | 08:16 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:51 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
- 04:52 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:53 Libra
- 04:53 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 11:24 Capricorn
- 11:24 – 13:43 Aquarius
- 13:43 – 16:00 Pisces
- 16:00 – 18:21 Aries
- 18:21 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:44 Gemini
- 22:44 – 00:25 next day Cancer
- 00:25 – 01:51 next day Leo
- 01:51 – 03:15 next day Virgo
- 03:15 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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