Durban panchang, 10 September 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 05:27 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
06:01 to 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:03 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:44 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:03
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:34 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 15:47
- Karana Shakuni until 07:03, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:03 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:12 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:56 Cancer
- 04:56 – 06:23 Leo
- 06:23 – 07:46 Virgo
- 07:46 – 09:20 Libra
- 09:20 – 11:15 Scorpio
- 11:15 – 13:30 Sagittarius
- 13:30 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 20:28 Pisces
- 20:28 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:11 next day Gemini
- 03:11 – 04:52 next day Cancer
- 04:52 – 06:00 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