Durban panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:58 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 05:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 14:26
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:01 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:49
- Karana Vanija until 14:26, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:26 – 01:58 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
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. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:48 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:49 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
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:30 Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 11:27 Aries
- 11:27 – 13:46 Taurus
- 13:46 – 15:50 Gemini
- 15:50 – 17:31 Cancer
- 17:31 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 20:21 Virgo
- 20:21 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
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