Durban panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:22 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
06:38 to 17:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:00
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:55 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 07:28
- Karana Kaulava until 15:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:13 – 20:10
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 – 05:44
- 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 17:06 – 19:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 23:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 23:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 23:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:13 Aries
- 06:13 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:07 Virgo
- 15:07 – 16:41 Libra
- 16:41 – 18:36 Scorpio
- 18:36 – 20:51 Sagittarius
- 20:51 – 23:12 Capricorn
- 23:12 – 01:30 next day Aquarius
- 01:30 – 03:48 next day Pisces
- 03:48 – 06:09 next day Aries
- 06:09 – 06:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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