Durban panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 06:57 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:18
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:12 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:29 to 06:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:58 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 01:08 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 08:46
- Karana Bava until 17:12, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:58 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:54
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:46 – 19:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:18
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. 04:47 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:29 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:29 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:05 Gemini
- 05:05 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 08:13 Leo
- 08:13 – 09:36 Virgo
- 09:36 – 11:10 Libra
- 11:10 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:20 Sagittarius
- 15:20 – 17:42 Capricorn
- 17:42 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 00:38 next day Aries
- 00:38 – 02:58 next day Taurus
- 02:58 – 05:01 next day Gemini
- 05:01 – 06:31 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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