Durban panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 13:05 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:05
- 12:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:37 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 01:01 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 23:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 00:14 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:37 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:14 – 01:26 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. 04:51 – 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 06:39 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:21 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:40 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 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:01 Aries
- 06:01 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:24 Gemini
- 10:24 – 12:05 Cancer
- 12:05 – 13:31 Leo
- 13:31 – 14:55 Virgo
- 14:55 – 16:29 Libra
- 16:29 – 18:24 Scorpio
- 18:24 – 20:39 Sagittarius
- 20:39 – 23:00 Capricorn
- 23:00 – 01:19 next day Aquarius
- 01:19 – 03:36 next day Pisces
- 03:36 – 05:57 next day Aries
- 05:57 – 06:40 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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