Durban panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 07:46 Ashadha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:19
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:12 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 01:00 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:21, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:21 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:50 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 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:59 Gemini
- 06:59 – 08:41 Cancer
- 08:41 – 10:07 Leo
- 10:07 – 11:30 Virgo
- 11:30 – 13:04 Libra
- 13:04 – 14:59 Scorpio
- 14:59 – 17:14 Sagittarius
- 17:14 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 00:12 next day Pisces
- 00:12 – 02:32 next day Aries
- 02:32 – 04:52 next day Taurus
- 04:52 – 06:50 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