Durban panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 17:36 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 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:33 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:49
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:34 to 04:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 16:28
- Karana Gara until 09:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:28 – 02:32 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. 03:27 – 04:08
- 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 18:34 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 22:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:29 Libra
- 04:29 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 13:19 Aquarius
- 13:19 – 15:37 Pisces
- 15:37 – 17:57 Aries
- 17:57 – 20:17 Taurus
- 20:17 – 22:20 Gemini
- 22:20 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 01:28 next day Leo
- 01:28 – 02:51 next day Virgo
- 02:51 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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