Durban panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 21:09 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
06:41 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:23
- 07:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:57 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:23 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 18:59
- Karana Bava until 07:45, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:23
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) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:07 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:49 Gemini
- 05:49 – 07:30 Cancer
- 07:30 – 08:56 Leo
- 08:56 – 10:20 Virgo
- 10:20 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 13:49 Scorpio
- 13:49 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 20:43 Aquarius
- 20:43 – 23:01 Pisces
- 23:01 – 01:22 next day Aries
- 01:22 – 03:41 next day Taurus
- 03:41 – 05:45 next day Gemini
- 05:45 – 06:40 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