Durban panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 02:35 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
06:36 to 17:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:44
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:26 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:19 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 10:29
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:21 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:29, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 21:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:19 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:44
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 10:29 – 13:21
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. 04:51 – 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 10:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 13:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:26 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:25 Gemini
- 05:25 – 07:06 Cancer
- 07:06 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 09:56 Virgo
- 09:56 – 11:30 Libra
- 11:30 – 13:25 Scorpio
- 13:25 – 15:40 Sagittarius
- 15:40 – 18:01 Capricorn
- 18:01 – 20:20 Aquarius
- 20:20 – 22:37 Pisces
- 22:37 – 00:58 next day Aries
- 00:58 – 03:17 next day Taurus
- 03:17 – 05:21 next day Gemini
- 05:21 – 06:36 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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