Durban panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 21:38 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
05:53 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:49
- 06:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:19 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:57
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 04:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:47, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:51 – 06:03 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 – 05:07
- 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 18:19 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:41 – 05:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:41 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:21 Aquarius
- 06:21 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 13:19 Taurus
- 13:19 – 15:23 Gemini
- 15:23 – 17:04 Cancer
- 17:04 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 19:54 Virgo
- 19:54 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 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