Durban panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 18:57 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 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- 10:15 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:19
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 04:47 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 04:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:15 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:15 – 06:39 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 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:24 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:19 – 05:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:47 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:50 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 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 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
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:22 Capricorn
- 04:22 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:59 Pisces
- 08:59 – 11:19 Aries
- 11:19 – 13:39 Taurus
- 13:39 – 15:42 Gemini
- 15:42 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 18:50 Leo
- 18:50 – 20:13 Virgo
- 20:13 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 23:42 Scorpio
- 23:42 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 04:19 next day Capricorn
- 04:19 – 05:50 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