Durban panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 15:19 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
04:50 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:50 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 04:50 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:07
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 04:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:27 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:00
- Karana Bava until 14:20, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:25 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:50 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:50 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:00 – 19:59 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:50 – 02:25 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 18:33 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:33 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:50 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
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:37 Libra
- 04:37 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 13:27 Aquarius
- 13:27 – 15:45 Pisces
- 15:45 – 18:05 Aries
- 18:05 – 20:24 Taurus
- 20:24 – 22:28 Gemini
- 22:28 – 00:09 next day Cancer
- 00:09 – 01:36 next day Leo
- 01:36 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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