Durban panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 08:29 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
06:36 to 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 08:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:17
- Karana Kaulava until 14:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
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 – 05:42
- 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 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 08:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 08:02 – 05:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:02 – 05:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 10:47 Gemini
- 10:47 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 13:55 Leo
- 13:55 – 15:18 Virgo
- 15:18 – 16:52 Libra
- 16:52 – 18:47 Scorpio
- 18:47 – 21:02 Sagittarius
- 21:02 – 23:24 Capricorn
- 23:24 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 06:21 next day Aries
- 06:21 – 06:36 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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