Durban panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 10:11 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
05:51 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:19
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:48 to 05:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 19:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 10:04
- Karana Vanija until 09:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 19:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:51 – 19:14
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- 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
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:25 Cancer
- 04:25 – 05:51 Leo
- 05:51 – 07:15 Virgo
- 07:15 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:59 Sagittarius
- 12:59 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 19:56 Pisces
- 19:56 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:36 next day Taurus
- 00:36 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 04:21 next day Cancer
- 04:21 – 05:47 next day Leo
- 05:47 – 05:50 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