Durban panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 09:33 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
06:01 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:03
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:03 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:11
- Karana Vanija until 07:07, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:11 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:01 – 19:12
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. 04:25 – 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 18:03 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 19:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 07:48 Pisces
- 07:48 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:28 Taurus
- 12:28 – 14:31 Gemini
- 14:31 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:32 Scorpio
- 22:32 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:02 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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