Durban panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 14:29 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:10
- 15:30 Moon enters Libra
- 15:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:04 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:38 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:55
- Karana Bava until 15:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:30 Moon enters Libra
- 15:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:10
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. 04:52 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 04:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:42 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 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 08:08 Taurus
- 08:08 – 10:12 Gemini
- 10:12 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 13:19 Leo
- 13:19 – 14:43 Virgo
- 14:43 – 16:17 Libra
- 16:17 – 18:12 Scorpio
- 18:12 – 20:27 Sagittarius
- 20:27 – 22:48 Capricorn
- 22:48 – 01:07 next day Aquarius
- 01:07 – 03:24 next day Pisces
- 03:24 – 05:45 next day Aries
- 05:45 – 06:42 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method