Durban panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 07:16 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
06:00 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:35
- 12:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:06 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:57 Moon enters Aries
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:01 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 18:45
- Karana Balava until 12:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:57 Moon enters Aries
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:35
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:00 – 22:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 22:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:57 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:39 Gemini
- 14:39 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 20:44 Libra
- 20:44 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:54 next day Sagittarius
- 00:54 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 06:00 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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