Durban panchang, 28 May 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 14:59 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
06:42 to 17:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
Night
17:03 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:24 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 17:22, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:24 – 12:45 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. 04:53 – 05:47
- 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 17:03 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 13:15 Leo
- 13:15 – 14:39 Virgo
- 14:39 – 16:13 Libra
- 16:13 – 18:08 Scorpio
- 18:08 – 20:23 Sagittarius
- 20:23 – 22:44 Capricorn
- 22:44 – 01:03 next day Aquarius
- 01:03 – 03:21 next day Pisces
- 03:21 – 05:41 next day Aries
- 05:41 – 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