Durban panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 07:24 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 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:49 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:19
- 06:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:49 to 04:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:42 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:47
- Karana Gara until 10:36, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:49 – 05:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:22 – 11:40
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. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:49 – 02:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:36 – 04:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:42 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:10 Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:43 Aries
- 16:43 – 19:02 Taurus
- 19:02 – 21:06 Gemini
- 21:06 – 22:47 Cancer
- 22:47 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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