Durban panchang, 22 July 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 11:34 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
06:48 to 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- 14:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:16 to 06:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:12
- Karana Balava until 14:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 14:22 – 16:34
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:33 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:47 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 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:32 Gemini
- 06:32 – 08:13 Cancer
- 08:13 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 12:37 Libra
- 12:37 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:47 Sagittarius
- 16:47 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 21:27 Aquarius
- 21:27 – 23:44 Pisces
- 23:44 – 02:05 next day Aries
- 02:05 – 04:24 next day Taurus
- 04:24 – 06:28 next day Gemini
- 06:28 – 06:47 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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