Durban panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 23:04 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
04:57 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 17:13
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:07 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:55
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 12:00
- Karana Vanija until 09:55, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:25 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:55 – 18:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:13
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. 03:37 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:57 – 09:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:13 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 17:13 | Good |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 04:58 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
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:03 Scorpio
- 04:03 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:55 Taurus
- 17:55 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 00:30 next day Virgo
- 00:30 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 03:59 next day Scorpio
- 03:59 – 04:58 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