Durban panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 08:27 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
06:50 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:08
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:22 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:52
- Karana Taitila until 16:06, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:22 Moon enters Leo
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- 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 13:19 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:52 – 19:16 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. 05:01 – 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 17:13 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:22 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:37 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:55 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:55 – 20:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:55 Gemini
- 06:55 – 08:37 Cancer
- 08:37 – 10:03 Leo
- 10:03 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:00 Libra
- 13:00 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 19:32 Capricorn
- 19:32 – 21:50 Aquarius
- 21:50 – 00:08 next day Pisces
- 00:08 – 02:29 next day Aries
- 02:29 – 04:48 next day Taurus
- 04:48 – 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