Durban panchang, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 15:08 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
06:20 to 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:11
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:21 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:29 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:43, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 19:21
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 04:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:21 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Char | 09:09 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 08:49 Virgo
- 08:49 – 10:23 Libra
- 10:23 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:33 Sagittarius
- 14:33 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 21:31 Pisces
- 21:31 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 02:10 next day Taurus
- 02:10 – 04:14 next day Gemini
- 04:14 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 06:19 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