Durban panchang, 30 July 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 18:16 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
06:43 to 17:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:13
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:21 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:08 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 18:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:35
- Karana Kaulava until 18:00, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:08 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:13
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- 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 17:21 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:41 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:00 Gemini
- 06:00 – 07:42 Cancer
- 07:42 – 09:08 Leo
- 09:08 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 12:05 Libra
- 12:05 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:15 Sagittarius
- 16:15 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 23:13 Pisces
- 23:13 – 01:34 next day Aries
- 01:34 – 03:53 next day Taurus
- 03:53 – 05:56 next day Gemini
- 05:56 – 06:42 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