Durban panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 19:46 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
04:54 to 18:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:54 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:07
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:56 to 04:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:56 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:37 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:21
- Karana Balava until 13:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:54 – 22:17
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:17 – 04:55 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:17 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:39 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 04:55 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
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 04:22 Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 04:55 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