Durban panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 12:35 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
06:39 to 17:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:29
- 13:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:05 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:57 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:10, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:34 – 13:10
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
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 – 05:45
- 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 17:05 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:39 – 06:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:57 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:05 Aries
- 06:05 – 08:24 Taurus
- 08:24 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 13:35 Leo
- 13:35 – 14:59 Virgo
- 14:59 – 16:33 Libra
- 16:33 – 18:28 Scorpio
- 18:28 – 20:43 Sagittarius
- 20:43 – 23:04 Capricorn
- 23:04 – 01:23 next day Aquarius
- 01:23 – 03:40 next day Pisces
- 03:40 – 06:01 next day Aries
- 06:01 – 06:39 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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