Durban panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 13:56 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
06:03 to 17:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:35
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:58 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:01
- Karana Bava until 08:19, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:01 – 23:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 12:49
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- 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 17:58 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:49 – 06:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:49 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:58 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:16 Gemini
- 14:16 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 18:47 Virgo
- 18:47 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:04 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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