Durban panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 02:04 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
05:57 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:12
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:04 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:12 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 06:11 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:26 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 06:55
- Karana Kaulava until 18:04, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:12
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- 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 18:12 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 10:36 Aries
- 10:36 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 14:59 Gemini
- 14:59 – 16:40 Cancer
- 16:40 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 05:57 next day Pisces
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