Durban panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 10:32 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
06:49 to 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 12:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:15 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 15:07
- Karana Gara until 12:11, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:39 – 06:48 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. 05:00 – 05:54
- 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 17:15 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:58 – 15:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:39 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:40 Gemini
- 06:40 – 08:21 Cancer
- 08:21 – 09:47 Leo
- 09:47 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:55 Sagittarius
- 16:55 – 19:16 Capricorn
- 19:16 – 21:35 Aquarius
- 21:35 – 23:52 Pisces
- 23:52 – 02:13 next day Aries
- 02:13 – 04:32 next day Taurus
- 04:32 – 06:36 next day Gemini
- 06:36 – 06:48 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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