Durban panchang, 23 June 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 12:31 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
06:52 to 17:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:47
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:03 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Moon enters Libra
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:10
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 06:53 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:10, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:23 Moon enters Libra
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:43 – 18:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:47
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. 05:01 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:24 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:08 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:22 Taurus
- 06:22 – 08:26 Gemini
- 08:26 – 10:07 Cancer
- 10:07 – 11:33 Leo
- 11:33 – 12:57 Virgo
- 12:57 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:41 Sagittarius
- 18:41 – 21:02 Capricorn
- 21:02 – 23:21 Aquarius
- 23:21 – 01:38 next day Pisces
- 01:38 – 03:59 next day Aries
- 03:59 – 06:18 next day Taurus
- 06:18 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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