Durban panchang, 6 July 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 23:14 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 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:05
- 10:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:17
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:21
- Karana Vanija until 10:17, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:11 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:17 – 22:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:05
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 17:08 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 08:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:37 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:31 Taurus
- 05:31 – 07:35 Gemini
- 07:35 – 09:16 Cancer
- 09:16 – 10:42 Leo
- 10:42 – 12:06 Virgo
- 12:06 – 13:40 Libra
- 13:40 – 15:35 Scorpio
- 15:35 – 17:50 Sagittarius
- 17:50 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 22:30 Aquarius
- 22:30 – 00:47 next day Pisces
- 00:47 – 03:08 next day Aries
- 03:08 – 05:27 next day Taurus
- 05:27 – 06:52 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