Durban panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 21:07 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
05:38 to 17:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:22
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:54 to 05:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:40
- Nakshatra Bharani until 04:06 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 23:50
- Karana Vishti until 13:40, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:50 – 01:02 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. 04:04 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 13:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:06 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:36 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:08 Leo
- 05:08 – 06:32 Virgo
- 06:32 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:15 Sagittarius
- 12:15 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:53 Taurus
- 23:53 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 03:38 next day Cancer
- 03:38 – 05:04 next day Leo
- 05:04 – 05:36 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