Durban panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 11:02 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
05:50 to 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:49
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:57
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:59
- Karana Bava until 11:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:57 – 05:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:13 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:21 Cancer
- 04:21 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 07:11 Virgo
- 07:11 – 08:45 Libra
- 08:45 – 10:40 Scorpio
- 10:40 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 17:35 Aquarius
- 17:35 – 19:52 Pisces
- 19:52 – 22:13 Aries
- 22:13 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:36 next day Gemini
- 02:36 – 04:17 next day Cancer
- 04:17 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 05:49 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