Durban panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 12:21 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
04:51 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:23
- 15:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 04:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 04:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:23
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. 03:28 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:30 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:49 Libra
- 04:49 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 13:39 Aquarius
- 13:39 – 15:56 Pisces
- 15:56 – 18:17 Aries
- 18:17 – 20:36 Taurus
- 20:36 – 22:40 Gemini
- 22:40 – 00:21 next day Cancer
- 00:21 – 01:47 next day Leo
- 01:47 – 03:11 next day Virgo
- 03:11 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
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