Durban panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 17:17 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:35 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 20:27
- Karana Bava until 16:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
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 – 05:50
- 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 17:20 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:43 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 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:04 Gemini
- 06:04 – 07:45 Cancer
- 07:45 – 09:12 Leo
- 09:12 – 10:35 Virgo
- 10:35 – 12:09 Libra
- 12:09 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:19 Sagittarius
- 16:19 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:59 Aquarius
- 20:59 – 23:17 Pisces
- 23:17 – 01:37 next day Aries
- 01:37 – 03:57 next day Taurus
- 03:57 – 06:00 next day Gemini
- 06:00 – 06:43 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