Durban panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 06:59 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
05:57 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:46
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:46 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Moon enters Libra
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:37 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 10:13
- Karana Taitila until 15:33, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:56 Moon enters Libra
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:46
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. 04:20 – 05:09
- 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 17:46 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 09:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 09:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:37 – 18:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:45 Cancer
- 04:45 – 06:11 Leo
- 06:11 – 07:34 Virgo
- 07:34 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:03 Scorpio
- 11:03 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 20:16 Pisces
- 20:16 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 05:56 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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