Durban panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 04:50 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 11:07 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 18:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:36
- 06:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:52 to 04:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 10:16
- Karana Gara until 06:38, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:16 – 05:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:43 – 07:42 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:50 – 19:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:55 – 10:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:21 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:54 Scorpio
- 04:54 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 16:27 Aries
- 16:27 – 18:46 Taurus
- 18:46 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 22:31 Cancer
- 22:31 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
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