Durban panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 10:46 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
06:25 to 17:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:19
Night
17:33 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 00:55 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:55 – 01:48 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. 04:42 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:33 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:09 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:19 Cancer
- 06:19 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:09 Virgo
- 09:09 – 10:43 Libra
- 10:43 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:53 Sagittarius
- 14:53 – 17:14 Capricorn
- 17:14 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:30 next day Taurus
- 02:30 – 04:34 next day Gemini
- 04:34 – 06:15 next day Cancer
- 06:15 – 06:24 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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