Durban panchang, 1 September 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 22:09 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
06:12 to 17:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:13
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:39 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:08
- Karana Kaulava until 15:30, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:13
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. 04:31 – 05:22
- 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 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:12 – 23:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:32 Cancer
- 05:32 – 06:58 Leo
- 06:58 – 08:22 Virgo
- 08:22 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 21:03 Pisces
- 21:03 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 05:28 next day Cancer
- 05:28 – 06:11 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