Durban panchang, 4 June 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 20:31 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:02 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 06:12 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:11 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 06:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 06:12 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:07 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 17:01 – 19:13
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:00 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:45 – 20:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:18 Aries
- 05:18 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 11:22 Cancer
- 11:22 – 12:48 Leo
- 12:48 – 14:12 Virgo
- 14:12 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 17:41 Scorpio
- 17:41 – 19:56 Sagittarius
- 19:56 – 22:17 Capricorn
- 22:17 – 00:35 next day Aquarius
- 00:35 – 02:53 next day Pisces
- 02:53 – 05:14 next day Aries
- 05:14 – 06:46 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