Durban panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 07:30 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
05:56 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 09:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:46 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:14 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 09:16
- Karana Vanija until 15:51, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 10:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 10:25
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. 04:19 – 05:07
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:41 Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:07 Leo
- 06:07 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 09:05 Libra
- 09:05 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:14 Sagittarius
- 13:14 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 22:33 Aries
- 22:33 – 00:52 next day Taurus
- 00:52 – 02:56 next day Gemini
- 02:56 – 04:37 next day Cancer
- 04:37 – 05:55 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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