Durban panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 17:33 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:35
- 08:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:19 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:40 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:14
- Karana Balava until 08:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:43 – 18:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:35
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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:07 Pisces
- 05:07 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 13:31 Cancer
- 13:31 – 14:58 Leo
- 14:58 – 16:21 Virgo
- 16:21 – 17:55 Libra
- 17:55 – 19:50 Scorpio
- 19:50 – 22:05 Sagittarius
- 22:05 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 02:45 next day Aquarius
- 02:45 – 05:03 next day Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:26 next day Aries
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