Durban panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 20:11 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 17:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:42
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:22 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:53
- Karana Vanija until 07:23, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:23 – 19:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:53 – 22:17
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. 04:55 – 05:48
- 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 17:22 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:37 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:22 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:52 Gemini
- 05:52 – 07:34 Cancer
- 07:34 – 09:00 Leo
- 09:00 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 13:53 Scorpio
- 13:53 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:47 Aquarius
- 20:47 – 23:05 Pisces
- 23:05 – 01:26 next day Aries
- 01:26 – 03:45 next day Taurus
- 03:45 – 05:49 next day Gemini
- 05:49 – 06:41 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