Durban panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 20:25 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 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 07:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 03:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:34 – 07:10 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 07:45
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 18:21 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 15:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:45 – 05:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:45 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 11:08 Aries
- 11:08 – 13:27 Taurus
- 13:27 – 15:30 Gemini
- 15:30 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:45 next day Sagittarius
- 01:45 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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