Durban panchang, 13 March 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 00:05 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 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:42
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:41 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:01
- Karana Vanija until 15:54, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:42
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:41 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:06 Aquarius
- 06:06 – 08:23 Pisces
- 08:23 – 10:44 Aries
- 10:44 – 13:03 Taurus
- 13:03 – 15:07 Gemini
- 15:07 – 16:48 Cancer
- 16:48 – 18:14 Leo
- 18:14 – 19:38 Virgo
- 19:38 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 05:56 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