Durban panchang, 27 September 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 18:53 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
05:40 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:53
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:38 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:53 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:47
- Karana Balava until 06:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:38 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:23 – 08:59 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. 04:06 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 07:38
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:16 Leo
- 05:16 – 06:39 Virgo
- 06:39 – 08:13 Libra
- 08:13 – 10:08 Scorpio
- 10:08 – 12:23 Sagittarius
- 12:23 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 19:21 Pisces
- 19:21 – 21:42 Aries
- 21:42 – 00:01 next day Taurus
- 00:01 – 02:04 next day Gemini
- 02:04 – 03:46 next day Cancer
- 03:46 – 05:12 next day Leo
- 05:12 – 05:39 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