Durban panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 08:31 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
06:29 to 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:31
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:31 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:20 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:38 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:23, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:31
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:23 – 00:20 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. 04:45 – 05:37
- 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 17:31 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:29 – 13:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 00:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:20 – 04:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:53 Gemini
- 04:53 – 06:35 Cancer
- 06:35 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 10:59 Libra
- 10:59 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 00:27 next day Aries
- 00:27 – 02:46 next day Taurus
- 02:46 – 04:50 next day Gemini
- 04:50 – 06:28 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