Durban panchang, 5 July 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:16 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:07
- 10:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:07 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:27 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 13:10
- Karana Taitila until 10:01, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:27 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:07
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) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 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
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:18 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)
- 05:03 – 05:35 Taurus
- 05:35 – 07:39 Gemini
- 07:39 – 09:20 Cancer
- 09:20 – 10:46 Leo
- 10:46 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 15:39 Scorpio
- 15:39 – 17:54 Sagittarius
- 17:54 – 20:15 Capricorn
- 20:15 – 22:34 Aquarius
- 22:34 – 00:51 next day Pisces
- 00:51 – 03:12 next day Aries
- 03:12 – 05:31 next day Taurus
- 05:31 – 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