Durban panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 11:58 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
05:49 to 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:49
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 05:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:52
- Karana Kaulava until 14:22, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:49
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 05:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:17 Cancer
- 04:17 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:07 Virgo
- 07:07 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 10:36 Scorpio
- 10:36 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 17:31 Aquarius
- 17:31 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:28 next day Taurus
- 00:28 – 02:32 next day Gemini
- 02:32 – 04:13 next day Cancer
- 04:13 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 05:47 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