Durban panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 16:19 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
06:44 to 17:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:00
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:19 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:20 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 14:49
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:41 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:03
- Karana Vanija until 14:49, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:41 – 06:44 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. 04:57 – 05:51
- 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 17:20 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 09:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:20 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:08 Gemini
- 06:08 – 07:49 Cancer
- 07:49 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 10:39 Virgo
- 10:39 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:23 Sagittarius
- 16:23 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 21:03 Aquarius
- 21:03 – 23:21 Pisces
- 23:21 – 01:41 next day Aries
- 01:41 – 04:01 next day Taurus
- 04:01 – 06:04 next day Gemini
- 06:04 – 06:44 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