Durban panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 10:34 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
06:37 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:07 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:37
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 10:40
- Karana Vishti until 07:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:40 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 00:42 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:39 Gemini
- 10:39 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 13:47 Leo
- 13:47 – 15:10 Virgo
- 15:10 – 16:45 Libra
- 16:45 – 18:40 Scorpio
- 18:40 – 20:54 Sagittarius
- 20:54 – 23:16 Capricorn
- 23:16 – 01:34 next day Aquarius
- 01:34 – 03:52 next day Pisces
- 03:52 – 06:13 next day Aries
- 06:13 – 06:38 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