Durban panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 06:12 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:41
- 14:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:35 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 21:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:26, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:41
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:35 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 10:20 Aries
- 10:20 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:43 Gemini
- 14:43 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:58 next day Sagittarius
- 00:58 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:00 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