Durban panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 01:32 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
06:07 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:48
- 06:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 07:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:42 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:24
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:01 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 09:17
- Karana Taitila until 07:34, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 07:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
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. 04:28 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 18:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:06 Virgo
- 08:06 – 09:40 Libra
- 09:40 – 11:35 Scorpio
- 11:35 – 13:50 Sagittarius
- 13:50 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 18:30 Aquarius
- 18:30 – 20:47 Pisces
- 20:47 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 06:06 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