Durban panchang, 27 November 2026
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 22:03 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
04:49 to 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:54
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:38 to 04:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:52 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 20:21
- Karana Vishti until 06:19, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:52 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:54
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) 11:15 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:38 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:49 – 06:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:14 Libra
- 04:14 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 15:21 Pisces
- 15:21 – 17:42 Aries
- 17:42 – 20:01 Taurus
- 20:01 – 22:05 Gemini
- 22:05 – 23:46 Cancer
- 23:46 – 01:12 next day Leo
- 01:12 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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