Durban panchang, 22 November 2026
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 16:25 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:33
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 04:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:07
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:45 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:59
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:45 – 04:50 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 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 00:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:45 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:33 – 08:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:33 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:33 Libra
- 04:33 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 13:23 Aquarius
- 13:23 – 15:41 Pisces
- 15:41 – 18:01 Aries
- 18:01 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:24 Gemini
- 22:24 – 00:05 next day Cancer
- 00:05 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 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