Durban panchang, 10 July 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 02:28 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 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:53
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:10 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 00:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:20 – 02:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:52 – 07:05
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. 05:02 – 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 17:10 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 01:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:15 Taurus
- 05:15 – 07:19 Gemini
- 07:19 – 09:00 Cancer
- 09:00 – 10:26 Leo
- 10:26 – 11:50 Virgo
- 11:50 – 13:24 Libra
- 13:24 – 15:19 Scorpio
- 15:19 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 22:14 Aquarius
- 22:14 – 00:31 next day Pisces
- 00:31 – 02:52 next day Aries
- 02:52 – 05:11 next day Taurus
- 05:11 – 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