Durban panchang, 30 March 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 16:30 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
06:06 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:32
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:54 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 13:21
- Karana Kaulava until 15:30, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:21 – 15:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:51 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:48 – 06:06 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 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:18 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:59 Aquarius
- 04:59 – 07:16 Pisces
- 07:16 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:56 Taurus
- 11:56 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:07 Leo
- 17:07 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:00 Scorpio
- 22:00 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:06 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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