Durban panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 00:16 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
06:38 to 17:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:16
- 11:31 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:25 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 11:31
- Karana Kaulava until 15:23, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:31 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:16
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. 04:52 – 05:45
- 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 17:25 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:33 Gemini
- 05:33 – 07:14 Cancer
- 07:14 – 08:40 Leo
- 08:40 – 10:04 Virgo
- 10:04 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 13:33 Scorpio
- 13:33 – 15:48 Sagittarius
- 15:48 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 20:28 Aquarius
- 20:28 – 22:45 Pisces
- 22:45 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:29 next day Gemini
- 05:29 – 06:37 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