Durban panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 18:43 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:40
- 07:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:55 to 04:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:55 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:17
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 01:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 13:45
- Karana Vanija until 07:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:40
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. 03:34 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 01:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 04:54 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 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:26 Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 18:19 Taurus
- 18:19 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 04:54 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