Durban panchang, 8 June 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:02 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
06:47 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 14:59
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:02 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:54
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:09 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 04:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 14:59
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. 04:57 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:02 Aries
- 05:02 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:06 Cancer
- 11:06 – 12:32 Leo
- 12:32 – 13:56 Virgo
- 13:56 – 15:30 Libra
- 15:30 – 17:25 Scorpio
- 17:25 – 19:40 Sagittarius
- 19:40 – 22:01 Capricorn
- 22:01 – 00:20 next day Aquarius
- 00:20 – 02:37 next day Pisces
- 02:37 – 04:58 next day Aries
- 04:58 – 06:48 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