Durban panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 12:03 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
04:51 to 18:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:51 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:21 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:04
- 05:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 07:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:52 to 04:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:56 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:51
- Karana Vishti until 07:42, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 07:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:56 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:16 – 05:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:51 – 06:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:43 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:51 – 08:49 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:04
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. 03:31 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:21 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Char | 10:06 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 04:51 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
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:50 Scorpio
- 04:50 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 16:23 Aries
- 16:23 – 18:42 Taurus
- 18:42 – 20:46 Gemini
- 20:46 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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