Durban panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 19:26 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
05:50 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:50 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:53
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:23 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:34
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:00 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 03:35 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:34, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:29 – 14:37
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. 04:19 – 05:04
- 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 18:23 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:37 Aquarius
- 06:37 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:35 Taurus
- 13:35 – 15:38 Gemini
- 15:38 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:53 next day Sagittarius
- 01:53 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:51 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