Durban panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 14:09 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
06:21 to 17:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:35 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 02:51 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:11 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 16:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:58 – 06:20 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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:35 | Good |
| Char | 17:35 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 08:53 Virgo
- 08:53 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:37 Sagittarius
- 14:37 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 21:35 Pisces
- 21:35 – 23:55 Aries
- 23:55 – 02:14 next day Taurus
- 02:14 – 04:18 next day Gemini
- 04:18 – 05:59 next day Cancer
- 05:59 – 06:20 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