Durban panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 08:20 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 18:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:58 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:50
- 08:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:18
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:42 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:44
- Karana Vishti until 13:18, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:44 – 12:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:58 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:50
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) 11:22 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:34 – 08:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:19 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:50 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 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:06 Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 16:39 Aries
- 16:39 – 18:58 Taurus
- 18:58 – 21:02 Gemini
- 21:02 – 22:43 Cancer
- 22:43 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 04:50 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