Durban panchang, 31 July 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 19:13 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
06:42 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:02
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:21 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:02
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:57 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:24
- Karana Gara until 19:02, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
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 – 05:49
- 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
| Char | 06:42 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:56 Gemini
- 05:56 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:04 Leo
- 09:04 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:01 Libra
- 12:01 – 13:56 Scorpio
- 13:56 – 16:11 Sagittarius
- 16:11 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 23:09 Pisces
- 23:09 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:49 next day Taurus
- 03:49 – 05:52 next day Gemini
- 05:52 – 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