Durban panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 18:13 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 17:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:18
- 10:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:18 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:28 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 10:24, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:58 – 07:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 06:27 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. 04:41 – 05:34
- 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 17:18 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:27 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 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:03 Pisces
- 05:03 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 16:17 Virgo
- 16:17 – 17:51 Libra
- 17:51 – 19:46 Scorpio
- 19:46 – 22:01 Sagittarius
- 22:01 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:27 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