Durban panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 06:19 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
06:33 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:23
- 08:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:28 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Leo
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 19:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:36 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:56
- Karana Chatushpada until 08:57, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Leo
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 11:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:23
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. 04:48 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:09 Gemini
- 05:09 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 08:17 Leo
- 08:17 – 09:40 Virgo
- 09:40 – 11:14 Libra
- 11:14 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:24 Sagittarius
- 15:24 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 22:22 Pisces
- 22:22 – 00:42 next day Aries
- 00:42 – 03:02 next day Taurus
- 03:02 – 05:05 next day Gemini
- 05:05 – 06:32 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