Durban panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 09:32 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
06:27 to 17:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:09
- 14:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:21 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:32 to 06:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:21
- Nakshatra Swati until 03:17 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:53
- Karana Taitila until 14:21, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:09
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 03:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:09 | Good |
| Rog | 16:09 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:36 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:46 Gemini
- 04:46 – 06:27 Cancer
- 06:27 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 09:17 Virgo
- 09:17 – 10:51 Libra
- 10:51 – 12:46 Scorpio
- 12:46 – 15:01 Sagittarius
- 15:01 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 21:58 Pisces
- 21:58 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:38 next day Taurus
- 02:38 – 04:42 next day Gemini
- 04:42 – 06:23 next day Cancer
- 06:23 – 06:26 next day Leo
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