Durban panchang, 3 June 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 19:34 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
06:45 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:11
Night
17:02 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:51
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:29 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 05:33 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:11
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. 04:55 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:22 Aries
- 05:22 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:44 Gemini
- 09:44 – 11:26 Cancer
- 11:26 – 12:52 Leo
- 12:52 – 14:15 Virgo
- 14:15 – 15:50 Libra
- 15:50 – 17:45 Scorpio
- 17:45 – 19:59 Sagittarius
- 19:59 – 22:21 Capricorn
- 22:21 – 00:39 next day Aquarius
- 00:39 – 02:57 next day Pisces
- 02:57 – 05:18 next day Aries
- 05:18 – 06:45 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