Durban panchang, 3 August 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 22:09 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
06:40 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:15
- 07:39 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:23 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:39, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:15
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:45 Gemini
- 05:45 – 07:26 Cancer
- 07:26 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 13:45 Scorpio
- 13:45 – 16:00 Sagittarius
- 16:00 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 22:57 Pisces
- 22:57 – 01:18 next day Aries
- 01:18 – 03:37 next day Taurus
- 03:37 – 05:41 next day Gemini
- 05:41 – 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