Durban panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 19:59 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
05:39 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:27
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:46 Moon enters Aries
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:54 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 06:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 06:46 Moon enters Aries
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:27
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. 04:05 – 04:52
- 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 17:54 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:12 Leo
- 05:12 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 08:10 Libra
- 08:10 – 10:04 Scorpio
- 10:04 – 12:19 Sagittarius
- 12:19 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 21:38 Aries
- 21:38 – 23:57 Taurus
- 23:57 – 02:00 next day Gemini
- 02:00 – 03:42 next day Cancer
- 03:42 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 05:38 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