Durban panchang, 28 November 2026
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 22:49 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
04:48 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:48 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 04:48 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:11
- 09:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:38 to 04:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:27 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 13:45, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:48 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:48 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:11
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 16:35 – 18:31
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) 11:16 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:48 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
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 04:10 Libra
- 04:10 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 13:00 Aquarius
- 13:00 – 15:17 Pisces
- 15:17 – 17:38 Aries
- 17:38 – 19:57 Taurus
- 19:57 – 22:01 Gemini
- 22:01 – 23:42 Cancer
- 23:42 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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