Durban panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 07:16 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 17:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 – 17:08
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:11
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:29
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:06, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:08
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. 04:48 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:36 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 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 10:51 Gemini
- 10:51 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 13:59 Leo
- 13:59 – 15:22 Virgo
- 15:22 – 16:56 Libra
- 16:56 – 18:51 Scorpio
- 18:51 – 21:06 Sagittarius
- 21:06 – 23:28 Capricorn
- 23:28 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 06:24 next day Aries
- 06:24 – 06:36 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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