Durban panchang, 28 June 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 15:40 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 17:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:05
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:05 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:39 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:36 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 09:59
- Karana Gara until 10:25, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:39 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:53 – 21:39
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 17:05 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 21:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 06:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:39 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:02 Taurus
- 06:02 – 08:06 Gemini
- 08:06 – 09:47 Cancer
- 09:47 – 11:14 Leo
- 11:14 – 12:37 Virgo
- 12:37 – 14:11 Libra
- 14:11 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:21 Sagittarius
- 18:21 – 20:42 Capricorn
- 20:42 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Pisces
- 01:19 – 03:39 next day Aries
- 03:39 – 05:59 next day Taurus
- 05:59 – 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