Durban panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 14:04 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
04:52 to 18:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:52 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 04:52 – 05:48
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:44
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:23
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:28 Moon enters Aries
- 18:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:53 to 04:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:28 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 07:05
- Karana Taitila until 07:18, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:28 Moon enters Aries
- 18:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:52 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:52 – 05:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:05 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:52 – 12:28
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. 03:32 – 04:12
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:52 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:22 | Good |
| Rog | 08:22 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 04:52 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
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 04:42 Scorpio
- 04:42 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 16:15 Aries
- 16:15 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:38 Gemini
- 20:38 – 22:19 Cancer
- 22:19 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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