Durban panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 19:48 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
06:28 to 17:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:55
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:16 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:21 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 20:46
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:55
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. 04:42 – 05:35
- 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 17:16 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 17:44 Libra
- 17:44 – 19:39 Scorpio
- 19:39 – 21:53 Sagittarius
- 21:53 – 00:15 next day Capricorn
- 00:15 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:28 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