Durban panchang, 19 November 2026
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 13:18 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 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:51 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:47
- 15:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:31 to 04:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 03:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:26 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 03:10 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 04:22 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. 03:28 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 04:51 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:51 – 03:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:51 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:45 Libra
- 04:45 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 13:35 Aquarius
- 13:35 – 15:53 Pisces
- 15:53 – 18:13 Aries
- 18:13 – 20:32 Taurus
- 20:32 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:17 next day Cancer
- 00:17 – 01:43 next day Leo
- 01:43 – 03:07 next day Virgo
- 03:07 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 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