Durban panchang, 30 August 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 20:02 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
06:14 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:38
Night
17:38 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:47, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:47 – 05:21 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:16 – 02:40 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:48 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 03:48 – 05:49 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. 04:33 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 07:06 Leo
- 07:06 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 14:13 Sagittarius
- 14:13 – 16:35 Capricorn
- 16:35 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 21:11 Pisces
- 21:11 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:51 next day Taurus
- 01:51 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 05:36 next day Cancer
- 05:36 – 06:13 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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