Durban panchang, 3 March 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 18:29 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
05:49 to 18:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:51
- 06:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:25 to 05:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:37
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:09 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:54
- Karana Bava until 13:37, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:22 – 07:22 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. 04:18 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:49 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:26 Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 09:03 Pisces
- 09:03 – 11:23 Aries
- 11:23 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 15:46 Gemini
- 15:46 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 20:17 Virgo
- 20:17 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 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