Durban panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 12:10 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
06:47 to 17:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:11
- 15:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:17 to 06:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:43 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 15:50
- Karana Taitila until 16:36, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:11
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 – 05:53
- 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 17:17 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:47 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:47 – 05:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:12 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:47 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
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:28 Gemini
- 06:28 – 08:09 Cancer
- 08:09 – 09:35 Leo
- 09:35 – 10:59 Virgo
- 10:59 – 12:33 Libra
- 12:33 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:43 Sagittarius
- 16:43 – 19:04 Capricorn
- 19:04 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 23:40 Pisces
- 23:40 – 02:01 next day Aries
- 02:01 – 04:20 next day Taurus
- 04:20 – 06:24 next day Gemini
- 06:24 – 06:47 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