Durban panchang, 7 September 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 03:28 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
06:05 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 09:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:43 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:34
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 00:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:08 – 10:39 next day
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. 04:26 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:44 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:03 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:08 Cancer
- 05:08 – 06:34 Leo
- 06:34 – 07:58 Virgo
- 07:58 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:27 Scorpio
- 11:27 – 13:42 Sagittarius
- 13:42 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 18:22 Aquarius
- 18:22 – 20:40 Pisces
- 20:40 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:04 next day Cancer
- 05:04 – 06:03 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