Durban panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 16:06 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
06:19 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:22
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:36 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:39 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 04:25 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 06:49 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:05 – 18:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 21:18 – 06:18 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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 21:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 07:22 Leo
- 07:22 – 08:45 Virgo
- 08:45 – 10:19 Libra
- 10:19 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:51 Capricorn
- 16:51 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 21:27 Pisces
- 21:27 – 23:47 Aries
- 23:47 – 02:07 next day Taurus
- 02:07 – 04:10 next day Gemini
- 04:10 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 06:18 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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