Durban panchang, 3 July 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 20:21 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 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:50
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:29
- Karana Vishti until 07:50, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:50
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 08:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:43 Taurus
- 05:43 – 07:46 Gemini
- 07:46 – 09:28 Cancer
- 09:28 – 10:54 Leo
- 10:54 – 12:17 Virgo
- 12:17 – 13:52 Libra
- 13:52 – 15:47 Scorpio
- 15:47 – 18:01 Sagittarius
- 18:01 – 20:23 Capricorn
- 20:23 – 22:41 Aquarius
- 22:41 – 00:59 next day Pisces
- 00:59 – 03:20 next day Aries
- 03:20 – 05:39 next day Taurus
- 05:39 – 06:53 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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