Durban panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 04:42 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:33
- 05:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:47 to 04:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:16 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 17:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 05:09
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:09 – 07:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:33
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. 03:28 – 04:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:49 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 05:21 Scorpio
- 05:21 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:55 Aries
- 16:55 – 19:14 Taurus
- 19:14 – 21:17 Gemini
- 21:17 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
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