Durban panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 16:58 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 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:24
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:52 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 03:36 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 12:11
- Karana Gara until 15:28, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:02 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:36 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:06 – 06:54
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. 04:29 – 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 17:52 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 11:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:40 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:24 | Good |
| Rog | 16:24 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:24 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 07:13 Pisces
- 07:13 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:52 Taurus
- 11:52 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 18:27 Virgo
- 18:27 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:07 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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