Durban panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 23:37 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
06:30 to 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:32
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:13 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:33
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 23:05
- Karana Bava until 10:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 16:50 – 19:00
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- 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 17:13 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 17:28 Libra
- 17:28 – 19:23 Scorpio
- 19:23 – 21:38 Sagittarius
- 21:38 – 23:59 Capricorn
- 23:59 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 04:35 next day Pisces
- 04:35 – 06:31 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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