Durban panchang, 14 July 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 06:57 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
06:51 to 17:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 15:54
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:19 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:43
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:27
- Karana Naga until 11:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:19 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:34 – 05:46 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 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 07:03 Gemini
- 07:03 – 08:44 Cancer
- 08:44 – 10:11 Leo
- 10:11 – 11:34 Virgo
- 11:34 – 13:08 Libra
- 13:08 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:18 Sagittarius
- 17:18 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 21:58 Aquarius
- 21:58 – 00:16 next day Pisces
- 00:16 – 02:36 next day Aries
- 02:36 – 04:56 next day Taurus
- 04:56 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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