Durban panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 09:34 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 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:38
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:13 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:15
- Karana Bava until 12:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:15 – 04:34 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:30 – 06:49 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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:30 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:49 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 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:47 Gemini
- 06:47 – 08:29 Cancer
- 08:29 – 09:55 Leo
- 09:55 – 11:19 Virgo
- 11:19 – 12:53 Libra
- 12:53 – 14:48 Scorpio
- 14:48 – 17:03 Sagittarius
- 17:03 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 21:42 Aquarius
- 21:42 – 00:00 next day Pisces
- 00:00 – 02:21 next day Aries
- 02:21 – 04:40 next day Taurus
- 04:40 – 06:44 next day Gemini
- 06:44 – 06:49 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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