Durban panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:24 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
06:05 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:58
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:56 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:16 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:20 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:36
- Karana Vanija until 16:43, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 16:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:43 – 04:16 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. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 11:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:07 Aquarius
- 05:07 – 07:24 Pisces
- 07:24 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 18:39 Virgo
- 18:39 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:05 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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