Durban panchang, 27 June 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 14:53 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
06:53 to 17:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:31
- 08:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:04 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:41 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:02
- Karana Kaulava until 08:02, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:41 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:31
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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:41 – 06:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:13 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:53 next day | Good |
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
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:06 Taurus
- 06:06 – 08:10 Gemini
- 08:10 – 09:51 Cancer
- 09:51 – 11:17 Leo
- 11:17 – 12:41 Virgo
- 12:41 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:10 Scorpio
- 16:10 – 18:25 Sagittarius
- 18:25 – 20:46 Capricorn
- 20:46 – 23:05 Aquarius
- 23:05 – 01:23 next day Pisces
- 01:23 – 03:43 next day Aries
- 03:43 – 06:02 next day Taurus
- 06:02 – 06:53 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