Durban panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 11:02 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
06:48 to 17:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:39 – 15:57
- 13:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:16 to 06:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 14:55
- Karana Vishti until 13:05, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:57
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 17:16 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 01:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:48 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:39 – 15:57 | Good |
| Rog | 15:57 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:48 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
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:36 Gemini
- 06:36 – 08:17 Cancer
- 08:17 – 09:43 Leo
- 09:43 – 11:07 Virgo
- 11:07 – 12:41 Libra
- 12:41 – 14:36 Scorpio
- 14:36 – 16:51 Sagittarius
- 16:51 – 19:12 Capricorn
- 19:12 – 21:31 Aquarius
- 21:31 – 23:48 Pisces
- 23:48 – 02:09 next day Aries
- 02:09 – 04:28 next day Taurus
- 04:28 – 06:32 next day Gemini
- 06:32 – 06:48 next day Cancer
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