Durban panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 09:37 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 17:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:48
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:07 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:48
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:42 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:18
- Karana Gara until 10:48, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:18 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
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. 04:49 – 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 17:07 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 02:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 10:48
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:37 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 15:14 Virgo
- 15:14 – 16:49 Libra
- 16:49 – 18:43 Scorpio
- 18:43 – 20:58 Sagittarius
- 20:58 – 23:20 Capricorn
- 23:20 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 06:17 next day Aries
- 06:17 – 06:37 next day Taurus
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