Durban panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:02 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 15:56
- 14:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:13 to 06:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:16
- Karana Vanija until 14:00, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:00 – 01:13 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 15:05
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. 05:01 – 05:55
- 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 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 15:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:05 – 06:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:05 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:51 Gemini
- 06:51 – 08:33 Cancer
- 08:33 – 09:59 Leo
- 09:59 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 14:52 Scorpio
- 14:52 – 17:06 Sagittarius
- 17:06 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 21:46 Aquarius
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Pisces
- 00:04 – 02:25 next day Aries
- 02:25 – 04:44 next day Taurus
- 04:44 – 06:47 next day Gemini
- 06:47 – 06:50 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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