Durban panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 15:51 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
05:44 to 17:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:26
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 07:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:52 to 05:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:48
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:24
- Karana Kaulava until 07:39, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 07:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:24 – 14:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:26
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. 04:09 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:05 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:52 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:42 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:28 Leo
- 05:28 – 06:51 Virgo
- 06:51 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:20 Scorpio
- 10:20 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 19:33 Pisces
- 19:33 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 00:13 next day Taurus
- 00:13 – 02:16 next day Gemini
- 02:16 – 03:57 next day Cancer
- 03:57 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 05:42 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