Durban panchang, 5 June 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 21:29 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
06:46 to 17:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:03 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:45
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:02 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:34 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 06:34 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:34 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:34 – 06:32 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. 04:56 – 05:51
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 02:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:50 – 06:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:33 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:33 Taurus
- 07:33 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:18 Cancer
- 11:18 – 12:44 Leo
- 12:44 – 14:08 Virgo
- 14:08 – 15:42 Libra
- 15:42 – 17:37 Scorpio
- 17:37 – 19:52 Sagittarius
- 19:52 – 22:13 Capricorn
- 22:13 – 00:31 next day Aquarius
- 00:31 – 02:49 next day Pisces
- 02:49 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 06:46 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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