Durban panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 20:43 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 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:13
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:15 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:23 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 21:42
- Karana Kaulava until 17:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:13
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. 04:43 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:29 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 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:51 Pisces
- 04:51 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:16 Cancer
- 13:16 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 16:06 Virgo
- 16:06 – 17:40 Libra
- 17:40 – 19:35 Scorpio
- 19:35 – 21:50 Sagittarius
- 21:50 – 00:11 next day Capricorn
- 00:11 – 02:29 next day Aquarius
- 02:29 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 06:29 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