Durban panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 01:19 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:06
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:09 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:08
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:08, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:44 – 05:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:11 – 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 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 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 11:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:08 – 04:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:19 Taurus
- 05:19 – 07:23 Gemini
- 07:23 – 09:04 Cancer
- 09:04 – 10:30 Leo
- 10:30 – 11:54 Virgo
- 11:54 – 13:28 Libra
- 13:28 – 15:23 Scorpio
- 15:23 – 17:38 Sagittarius
- 17:38 – 19:59 Capricorn
- 19:59 – 22:18 Aquarius
- 22:18 – 00:35 next day Pisces
- 00:35 – 02:56 next day Aries
- 02:56 – 05:15 next day Taurus
- 05:15 – 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