Durban panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 11:30 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
06:24 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:10
- 06:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:33 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:06
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:48 – 03:00 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:23 – 06:23 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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:23 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 09:05 Virgo
- 09:05 – 10:39 Libra
- 10:39 – 12:34 Scorpio
- 12:34 – 14:49 Sagittarius
- 14:49 – 17:10 Capricorn
- 17:10 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 21:46 Pisces
- 21:46 – 00:07 next day Aries
- 00:07 – 02:26 next day Taurus
- 02:26 – 04:30 next day Gemini
- 04:30 – 06:11 next day Cancer
- 06:11 – 06:23 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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