Durban panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 17:51 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
05:41 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:50
- 07:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:53 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:49
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:02 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 09:47
- Karana Vishti until 07:17, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:37 – 02:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:03 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
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. 04:07 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:44 | Good |
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:40 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:20 Leo
- 05:20 – 06:43 Virgo
- 06:43 – 08:17 Libra
- 08:17 – 10:12 Scorpio
- 10:12 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:49 Capricorn
- 14:49 – 17:07 Aquarius
- 17:07 – 19:25 Pisces
- 19:25 – 21:45 Aries
- 21:45 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:08 next day Gemini
- 02:08 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 05:16 next day Leo
- 05:16 – 05:40 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