Durban panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:41 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
05:54 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:20
- 07:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:47 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:18 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:52
- Karana Kaulava until 18:20, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:52 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:20
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. 04:17 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 13:52 – 05:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:52 – 05:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:52 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:52 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:33 Cancer
- 04:33 – 05:59 Leo
- 05:59 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 08:57 Libra
- 08:57 – 10:52 Scorpio
- 10:52 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 15:28 Capricorn
- 15:28 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 20:04 Pisces
- 20:04 – 22:25 Aries
- 22:25 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:48 next day Gemini
- 02:48 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 05:52 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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