Durban panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 12:55 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
05:47 to 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:26
- 07:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:50 to 05:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:35
- Karana Gara until 16:31, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:35 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:26
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:47 – 21:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:01 – 05:22 next day
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- 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 17:50 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 03:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 05:46 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:22 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:46 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:13 Cancer
- 04:13 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 07:03 Virgo
- 07:03 – 08:37 Libra
- 08:37 – 10:32 Scorpio
- 10:32 – 12:47 Sagittarius
- 12:47 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 19:44 Pisces
- 19:44 – 22:05 Aries
- 22:05 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:28 next day Gemini
- 02:28 – 04:09 next day Cancer
- 04:09 – 05:35 next day Leo
- 05:35 – 05:46 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