Durban panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 21:04 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
06:13 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:22
- 16:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:54 Moon enters Aries
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:12 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 22:20
- Karana Bava until 16:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:54 Moon enters Aries
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:22
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. 04:32 – 05:23
- 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 17:39 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:02 Leo
- 07:02 – 08:26 Virgo
- 08:26 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 21:07 Pisces
- 21:07 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:47 next day Taurus
- 01:47 – 03:51 next day Gemini
- 03:51 – 05:32 next day Cancer
- 05:32 – 06:12 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