Durban panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 15:59 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 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:55
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:08 Moon enters Leo
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 03:40 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:08 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:49
- Karana Bava until 15:55, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:08 Moon enters Leo
- 14:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:49 – 16:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:55
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 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:06 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 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:03 Aquarius
- 05:03 – 07:20 Pisces
- 07:20 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:04 Scorpio
- 22:04 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 04:59 next day Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:06 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