Durban panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:01 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:47
- 14:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:38 Moon enters Leo
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:34 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:09, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:38 Moon enters Leo
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:34 – 13:10 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:43 – 06:19 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 22:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:38 – 06:39 next day
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. 04:50 – 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 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 12:13 Cancer
- 12:13 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:03 Virgo
- 15:03 – 16:37 Libra
- 16:37 – 18:32 Scorpio
- 18:32 – 20:47 Sagittarius
- 20:47 – 23:08 Capricorn
- 23:08 – 01:27 next day Aquarius
- 01:27 – 03:44 next day Pisces
- 03:44 – 06:05 next day Aries
- 06:05 – 06:39 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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