Durban panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 04:48 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 01:32 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 18:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:59
- 04:53 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:43 to 04:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:27 – 04:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Moon enters Libra
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:53
- Karana Bava until 07:51, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 04:53 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:32 Moon enters Libra
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:59
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) 11:18 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:48 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:48 – 06:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:17 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:43 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:01 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 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
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:27 – 03:46 Libra
- 03:46 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:54 Pisces
- 14:54 – 17:14 Aries
- 17:14 – 19:33 Taurus
- 19:33 – 21:37 Gemini
- 21:37 – 23:18 Cancer
- 23:18 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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