Durban panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 08:01 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
06:30 to 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:45
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:30 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 01:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 23:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:55 – 06:29 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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 23:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:59 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:57 Gemini
- 04:57 – 06:39 Cancer
- 06:39 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 00:31 next day Aries
- 00:31 – 02:50 next day Taurus
- 02:50 – 04:53 next day Gemini
- 04:53 – 06:29 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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