Durban panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:07 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
05:58 to 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:38
- 17:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:55 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:39 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:55 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:55 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:53 – 17:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 02:39 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:39 – 05:58 next day
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 10:28 Aries
- 10:28 – 12:47 Taurus
- 12:47 – 14:51 Gemini
- 14:51 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 05:58 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