Durban panchang, 17 June 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 09:12 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
06:51 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:13
- 07:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 18:09
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:21
- Karana Taitila until 07:42, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:21 – 20:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:44 – 15:29 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:36 – 11:28
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:07 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:46 Taurus
- 06:46 – 08:49 Gemini
- 08:49 – 10:31 Cancer
- 10:31 – 11:57 Leo
- 11:57 – 13:20 Virgo
- 13:20 – 14:54 Libra
- 14:54 – 16:49 Scorpio
- 16:49 – 19:04 Sagittarius
- 19:04 – 21:26 Capricorn
- 21:26 – 23:44 Aquarius
- 23:44 – 02:02 next day Pisces
- 02:02 – 04:23 next day Aries
- 04:23 – 06:42 next day Taurus
- 06:42 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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