Durban panchang, 6 September 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 02:34 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
06:06 to 17:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:42
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:42 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:11 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:59
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:15
- Karana Vishti until 15:59, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:11 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 03:11 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:42
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. 04:27 – 05:16
- 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 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 06:38 Leo
- 06:38 – 08:02 Virgo
- 08:02 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:31 Scorpio
- 11:31 – 13:46 Sagittarius
- 13:46 – 16:07 Capricorn
- 16:07 – 18:26 Aquarius
- 18:26 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 01:23 next day Taurus
- 01:23 – 03:27 next day Gemini
- 03:27 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 06:05 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