Durban panchang, 11 September 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 05:59 Bhadrapada month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:17
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:32
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:17
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. 04:22 – 05:11
- 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 17:45 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 09:46
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 09:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 04:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:52 Cancer
- 04:52 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 07:42 Virgo
- 07:42 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 20:24 Pisces
- 20:24 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:07 next day Gemini
- 03:07 – 04:49 next day Cancer
- 04:49 – 05:59 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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