Durban panchang, 14 March 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 01:03 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
05:56 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:09
- 06:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:12 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:19 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 07:12
- Karana Bava until 17:19, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:12 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:12 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:09
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 18:13 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:19 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 08:19 Pisces
- 08:19 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:59 Taurus
- 12:59 – 15:03 Gemini
- 15:03 – 16:44 Cancer
- 16:44 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 19:34 Virgo
- 19:34 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 05:57 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