Durban panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 09:24 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
05:52 to 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:25
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:48 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:19
- Karana Taitila until 07:18, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:19 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:25
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. 04:16 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 16:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 16:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:50 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:29 Cancer
- 04:29 – 05:55 Leo
- 05:55 – 07:19 Virgo
- 07:19 – 08:53 Libra
- 08:53 – 10:48 Scorpio
- 10:48 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 17:43 Aquarius
- 17:43 – 20:00 Pisces
- 20:00 – 22:21 Aries
- 22:21 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 04:25 next day Cancer
- 04:25 – 05:51 next day Leo
- 05:51 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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