Durban panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 20:59 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
05:52 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:20
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:41
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:01 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 04:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 17:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:01 – 05:53 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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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 18:20 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:25 Aquarius
- 06:25 – 08:43 Pisces
- 08:43 – 11:04 Aries
- 11:04 – 13:23 Taurus
- 13:23 – 15:26 Gemini
- 15:26 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 18:34 Leo
- 18:34 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 04:03 next day Capricorn
- 04:03 – 05:53 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