Durban panchang, 7 July 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:08 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
06:52 to 17:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:51
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:08 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:55
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:01
- Karana Bava until 09:55, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:43
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:01 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:51
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) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 12:54
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 12:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 12:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:55 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:51 | Good |
| Rog | 15:51 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:27 Taurus
- 05:27 – 07:31 Gemini
- 07:31 – 09:12 Cancer
- 09:12 – 10:38 Leo
- 10:38 – 12:02 Virgo
- 12:02 – 13:36 Libra
- 13:36 – 15:31 Scorpio
- 15:31 – 17:46 Sagittarius
- 17:46 – 20:07 Capricorn
- 20:07 – 22:26 Aquarius
- 22:26 – 00:43 next day Pisces
- 00:43 – 03:04 next day Aries
- 03:04 – 05:23 next day Taurus
- 05:23 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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