Durban panchang, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 12:19 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
06:23 to 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta 07:08 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:46
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:19 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:34 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:30
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:19 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:44 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:18, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:19 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:19 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:08 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:46
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- 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 17:34 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:10 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:11 Cancer
- 06:11 – 07:37 Leo
- 07:37 – 09:01 Virgo
- 09:01 – 10:35 Libra
- 10:35 – 12:30 Scorpio
- 12:30 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 17:06 Capricorn
- 17:06 – 19:25 Aquarius
- 19:25 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 00:03 next day Aries
- 00:03 – 02:22 next day Taurus
- 02:22 – 04:26 next day Gemini
- 04:26 – 06:07 next day Cancer
- 06:07 – 06:22 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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