Durban panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 18:04 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
06:16 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:12
- 06:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:18
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 23:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 03:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:18, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 07:14 Leo
- 07:14 – 08:37 Virgo
- 08:37 – 10:11 Libra
- 10:11 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 21:19 Pisces
- 21:19 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:59 next day Taurus
- 01:59 – 04:02 next day Gemini
- 04:02 – 05:44 next day Cancer
- 05:44 – 06:15 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