Durban panchang, 10 December 2026
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 05:33 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 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:49 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 16:00
- 05:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:48 to 04:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:16
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 05:54
- Karana Bava until 05:16, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:54 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 16:00
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 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:48 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:18 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:49 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 05:17 Scorpio
- 05:17 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:51 Aries
- 16:51 – 19:10 Taurus
- 19:10 – 21:13 Gemini
- 21:13 – 22:55 Cancer
- 22:55 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 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