Durban panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 22:16 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
05:36 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:18
- 09:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:55 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:25
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:32 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 20:50
- Karana Balava until 11:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:18
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. 04:03 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 02:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 02:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:32 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:04 Leo
- 05:04 – 06:28 Virgo
- 06:28 – 08:02 Libra
- 08:02 – 09:57 Scorpio
- 09:57 – 12:12 Sagittarius
- 12:12 – 14:33 Capricorn
- 14:33 – 16:51 Aquarius
- 16:51 – 19:09 Pisces
- 19:09 – 21:30 Aries
- 21:30 – 23:49 Taurus
- 23:49 – 01:53 next day Gemini
- 01:53 – 03:34 next day Cancer
- 03:34 – 05:00 next day Leo
- 05:00 – 05:35 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