Durban panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 00:15 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 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:18
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:30 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:09 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:52
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:52, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:30 Moon enters Aries
- 20:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 12:30
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:30 – 06:52 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:09 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:23 Taurus
- 05:23 – 07:27 Gemini
- 07:27 – 09:08 Cancer
- 09:08 – 10:34 Leo
- 10:34 – 11:58 Virgo
- 11:58 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:27 Scorpio
- 15:27 – 17:42 Sagittarius
- 17:42 – 20:03 Capricorn
- 20:03 – 22:22 Aquarius
- 22:22 – 00:39 next day Pisces
- 00:39 – 03:00 next day Aries
- 03:00 – 05:19 next day Taurus
- 05:19 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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