Durban panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 10:07 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
06:26 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:23
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:32 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:38 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 00:14 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:14 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:23
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:38 – 06:25 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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 15:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:13 Virgo
- 09:13 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:54 Pisces
- 21:54 – 00:15 next day Aries
- 00:15 – 02:34 next day Taurus
- 02:34 – 04:38 next day Gemini
- 04:38 – 06:19 next day Cancer
- 06:19 – 06:25 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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