Durban panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 17:34 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
04:53 to 18:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:10
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:55 to 04:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:54
- Nakshatra Krittika until 07:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:02
- Karana Taitila until 10:54, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:10
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. 03:33 – 04:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 07:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:53 – 10:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 04:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Char | 08:23 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:10 | Good |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:10 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 04:30 Scorpio
- 04:30 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 16:03 Aries
- 16:03 – 18:23 Taurus
- 18:23 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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