Durban panchang, 11 March 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 23:11 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
05:54 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:38
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:49 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:38
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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 10:52 Aries
- 10:52 – 13:11 Taurus
- 13:11 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:30 next day Sagittarius
- 01:30 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:55 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