Durban panchang, 24 March 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:54 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 18:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:31
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:01 to 06:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:38
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 02:32 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:38, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:47 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:31
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) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 15:35
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:32 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:22 Aquarius
- 05:22 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 18:55 Virgo
- 18:55 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 05:18 next day Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:03 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