Durban panchang, 25 July 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 13:35 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
06:46 to 17:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:40
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:04 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:18 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:04
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 17:38
- Karana Vishti until 08:04, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
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. 04:58 – 05:52
- 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 17:18 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:20 Gemini
- 06:20 – 08:01 Cancer
- 08:01 – 09:27 Leo
- 09:27 – 10:51 Virgo
- 10:51 – 12:25 Libra
- 12:25 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:56 Capricorn
- 18:56 – 21:15 Aquarius
- 21:15 – 23:33 Pisces
- 23:33 – 01:53 next day Aries
- 01:53 – 04:12 next day Taurus
- 04:12 – 06:16 next day Gemini
- 06:16 – 06:46 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