Durban panchang, 10 May 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:12 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
06:31 to 17:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:12
- 08:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:12 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:52 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:37
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:20 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 22:39
- Karana Kaulava until 11:37, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:52 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:12
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 – 05:38
- 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 17:12 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 14:26 Leo
- 14:26 – 15:50 Virgo
- 15:50 – 17:24 Libra
- 17:24 – 19:19 Scorpio
- 19:19 – 21:34 Sagittarius
- 21:34 – 23:55 Capricorn
- 23:55 – 02:14 next day Aquarius
- 02:14 – 04:31 next day Pisces
- 04:31 – 06:31 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