Durban panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 09:16 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
04:50 to 18:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:35 – 08:20
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 16:02
- 05:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:50 to 04:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:46
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:34
- Karana Balava until 15:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 05:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:06 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 16:02
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. 03:30 – 04:10
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:50 – 05:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 05:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:20 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:02 Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:38 Capricorn
- 09:38 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 16:35 Aries
- 16:35 – 18:54 Taurus
- 18:54 – 20:58 Gemini
- 20:58 – 22:39 Cancer
- 22:39 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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