Durban panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 01:25 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
06:37 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:04
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:26 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:07
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:41
- Karana Gara until 13:07, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:32 – 09:08 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. 04:52 – 05:44
- 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 17:26 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:29 Gemini
- 05:29 – 07:10 Cancer
- 07:10 – 08:36 Leo
- 08:36 – 10:00 Virgo
- 10:00 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:29 Scorpio
- 13:29 – 15:44 Sagittarius
- 15:44 – 18:05 Capricorn
- 18:05 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 22:41 Pisces
- 22:41 – 01:02 next day Aries
- 01:02 – 03:21 next day Taurus
- 03:21 – 05:25 next day Gemini
- 05:25 – 06:36 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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