Durban panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 08:23 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 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:03
- 09:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:04 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:07 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 15:31
- Karana Taitila until 09:45, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:31 – 12:11 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. 04:25 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:26 – 06:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:07 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:52 Pisces
- 07:52 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:32 Taurus
- 12:32 – 14:35 Gemini
- 14:35 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 17:43 Leo
- 17:43 – 19:06 Virgo
- 19:06 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 05:30 next day Aquarius
- 05:30 – 06:01 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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