Durban panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 06:01 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
06:35 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:30
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:09 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 22:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:55
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:53, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 19:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:45 – 05:09 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. 04:47 – 05:41
- 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 17:09 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 10:55 Gemini
- 10:55 – 12:36 Cancer
- 12:36 – 14:03 Leo
- 14:03 – 15:26 Virgo
- 15:26 – 17:00 Libra
- 17:00 – 18:55 Scorpio
- 18:55 – 21:10 Sagittarius
- 21:10 – 23:32 Capricorn
- 23:32 – 01:50 next day Aquarius
- 01:50 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 06:28 next day Aries
- 06:28 – 06:35 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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