Durban panchang, 11 May 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 00:36 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:04
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:12 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 11:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 21:34
- Karana Gara until 11:55, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:34 – 19:49 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:45 – 11:22 next day
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. 04:45 – 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
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:12 | Good |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:15 Gemini
- 11:15 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 15:46 Virgo
- 15:46 – 17:20 Libra
- 17:20 – 19:15 Scorpio
- 19:15 – 21:30 Sagittarius
- 21:30 – 23:51 Capricorn
- 23:51 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 04:27 next day Pisces
- 04:27 – 06:32 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