Durban panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:01 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
06:28 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:19
- 12:49 Moon enters Libra
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:31 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 01:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 23:59
- Karana Balava until 13:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:49 Moon enters Libra
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:28 – 01:28 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:31 – 13:38
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. 04:44 – 05:36
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:28 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:50 Gemini
- 04:50 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 09:21 Virgo
- 09:21 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 12:50 Scorpio
- 12:50 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 22:02 Pisces
- 22:02 – 00:23 next day Aries
- 00:23 – 02:42 next day Taurus
- 02:42 – 04:46 next day Gemini
- 04:46 – 06:27 next day Cancer
- 06:27 – 06:27 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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