Durban panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 04:43 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
06:35 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:17
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:27 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:13 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 01:24 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 18:57
- Karana Gara until 14:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 14:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:13 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:24 – 11:53 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. 04:50 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:17 Gemini
- 05:17 – 06:58 Cancer
- 06:58 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 09:48 Virgo
- 09:48 – 11:22 Libra
- 11:22 – 13:17 Scorpio
- 13:17 – 15:32 Sagittarius
- 15:32 – 17:53 Capricorn
- 17:53 – 20:12 Aquarius
- 20:12 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 03:09 next day Taurus
- 03:09 – 05:13 next day Gemini
- 05:13 – 06:34 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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