Durban panchang, 15 September 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:04 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
05:55 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:18
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 05:29 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 08:50
- Karana Bava until 16:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:50 – 08:52 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:18
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. 04:18 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 11:51
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Char | 08:53 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:23 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:37 Cancer
- 04:37 – 06:03 Leo
- 06:03 – 07:27 Virgo
- 07:27 – 09:01 Libra
- 09:01 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:11 Sagittarius
- 13:11 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 20:08 Pisces
- 20:08 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 04:33 next day Cancer
- 04:33 – 05:54 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