Durban panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 21:40 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
06:29 to 17:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:10 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:05
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:15 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:29
- Karana Taitila until 06:44, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:05
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 06:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:15 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:10 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:54 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:47 Pisces
- 04:47 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:12 Cancer
- 13:12 – 14:38 Leo
- 14:38 – 16:02 Virgo
- 16:02 – 17:36 Libra
- 17:36 – 19:31 Scorpio
- 19:31 – 21:46 Sagittarius
- 21:46 – 00:07 next day Capricorn
- 00:07 – 02:25 next day Aquarius
- 02:25 – 04:43 next day Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:30 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