Durban panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 06:29 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
05:59 to 17:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:49
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 11:39
- Karana Balava until 15:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 09:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:23 – 09:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:25 – 05:57 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. 04:21 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:57 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:49 Cancer
- 04:49 – 06:15 Leo
- 06:15 – 07:38 Virgo
- 07:38 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:07 Scorpio
- 11:07 – 13:22 Sagittarius
- 13:22 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 18:02 Aquarius
- 18:02 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 22:41 Aries
- 22:41 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 05:57 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