Durban panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 19:54 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
05:51 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 06:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:22 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Moon enters Libra
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 14:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 03:22 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:48 Moon enters Libra
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 08:51 Pisces
- 08:51 – 11:11 Aries
- 11:11 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:34 Gemini
- 15:34 – 17:16 Cancer
- 17:16 – 18:42 Leo
- 18:42 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 21:39 Libra
- 21:39 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 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