Durban panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 00:25 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
06:08 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:14
- 09:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:41 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:44
- Nakshatra Rohini until 19:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 12:14
- Karana Balava until 09:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:14 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:20 Cancer
- 05:20 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 08:10 Virgo
- 08:10 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 18:34 Aquarius
- 18:34 – 20:51 Pisces
- 20:51 – 23:12 Aries
- 23:12 – 01:31 next day Taurus
- 01:31 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:16 next day Cancer
- 05:16 – 06:07 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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