Durban panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 23:11 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
06:40 to 17:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:21 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:03
- 07:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:24 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:24 Moon enters Aries
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 18:33
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:03
- Karana Gara until 07:03, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:24 Moon enters Aries
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:03 – 18:03
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 18:33 – 06:39 next day
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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:24 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:24 – 18:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:24 – 06:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:24 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Char | 09:21 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:03 | Good |
| Rog | 16:03 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:24 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:41 Gemini
- 05:41 – 07:22 Cancer
- 07:22 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 10:12 Virgo
- 10:12 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 13:41 Scorpio
- 13:41 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 20:36 Aquarius
- 20:36 – 22:53 Pisces
- 22:53 – 01:14 next day Aries
- 01:14 – 03:33 next day Taurus
- 03:33 – 05:37 next day Gemini
- 05:37 – 06:39 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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