Durban panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 14:17 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 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:49
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:32 to 04:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:20 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 01:25 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:25 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 03:02 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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 03:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:51 – 03:02 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 03:20 – 04:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:20 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:51 – 06:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:33 – 04:50 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 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:41 Libra
- 04:41 – 06:36 Scorpio
- 06:36 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 13:31 Aquarius
- 13:31 – 15:49 Pisces
- 15:49 – 18:09 Aries
- 18:09 – 20:28 Taurus
- 20:28 – 22:32 Gemini
- 22:32 – 00:13 next day Cancer
- 00:13 – 01:39 next day Leo
- 01:39 – 03:03 next day Virgo
- 03:03 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 04:50 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