Durban panchang, 22 September 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 13:54 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
05:46 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:20
- 12:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:51 to 05:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:39 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:59
- Karana Vishti until 18:13, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 05:45 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. 04:11 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:46 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Char | 08:47 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:35 Leo
- 05:35 – 06:59 Virgo
- 06:59 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:28 Scorpio
- 10:28 – 12:43 Sagittarius
- 12:43 – 15:04 Capricorn
- 15:04 – 17:23 Aquarius
- 17:23 – 19:41 Pisces
- 19:41 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 00:20 next day Taurus
- 00:20 – 02:24 next day Gemini
- 02:24 – 04:05 next day Cancer
- 04:05 – 05:31 next day Leo
- 05:31 – 05:45 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