Durban panchang, 26 May 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 14:00 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
06:41 to 17:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:46
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:04 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:26 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:40
- Karana Vanija until 14:13, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:40 – 23:55 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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 02:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:41 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:28 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:53 Aries
- 05:53 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 11:57 Cancer
- 11:57 – 13:23 Leo
- 13:23 – 14:47 Virgo
- 14:47 – 16:21 Libra
- 16:21 – 18:16 Scorpio
- 18:16 – 20:31 Sagittarius
- 20:31 – 22:52 Capricorn
- 22:52 – 01:11 next day Aquarius
- 01:11 – 03:28 next day Pisces
- 03:28 – 05:49 next day Aries
- 05:49 – 06:41 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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