Durban panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 13:02 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 18:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:08
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:49
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 19:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:08
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 19:44 – 04:52 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. 03:31 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 12:40 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:40 – 04:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:40 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:51 – 06:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:22 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 04:46 Scorpio
- 04:46 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 16:19 Aries
- 16:19 – 18:38 Taurus
- 18:38 – 20:42 Gemini
- 20:42 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 04:42 next day Scorpio
- 04:42 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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