Durban panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 14:53 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
05:45 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:19
- 06:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:51 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:21
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:05 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:57
- Karana Bava until 06:52, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 18:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:45 – 05:44 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. 04:10 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 19:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:31 Leo
- 05:31 – 06:55 Virgo
- 06:55 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:39 Sagittarius
- 12:39 – 15:00 Capricorn
- 15:00 – 17:19 Aquarius
- 17:19 – 19:37 Pisces
- 19:37 – 21:57 Aries
- 21:57 – 00:16 next day Taurus
- 00:16 – 02:20 next day Gemini
- 02:20 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 05:28 next day Leo
- 05:28 – 05:44 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