Durban panchang, 15 June 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 07:15 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 14:59
- 14:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:02 to 06:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:09 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:01 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 01:09 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:56, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:09 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:25 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:50 – 15:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 15:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:54 Taurus
- 06:54 – 08:57 Gemini
- 08:57 – 10:38 Cancer
- 10:38 – 12:05 Leo
- 12:05 – 13:28 Virgo
- 13:28 – 15:02 Libra
- 15:02 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 21:34 Capricorn
- 21:34 – 23:52 Aquarius
- 23:52 – 02:10 next day Pisces
- 02:10 – 04:30 next day Aries
- 04:30 – 06:50 next day Taurus
- 06:50 – 06:50 next day Gemini
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