Durban panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 10:44 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
06:02 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:38
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:02 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:08
- Nakshatra Krittika until 17:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:52
- Karana Balava until 15:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:38
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. 04:26 – 05:14
- 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 18:02 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:19 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:19 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 10:05 Aries
- 10:05 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 18:59 Virgo
- 18:59 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:02 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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