Durban panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:15 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
05:55 to 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:47
- 06:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:15 to 05:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:28 – 07:01 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:47
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. 04:22 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:15 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:59 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 10:48 Aries
- 10:48 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 16:52 Cancer
- 16:52 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:26 next day Sagittarius
- 01:26 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 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