Durban panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 23:34 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
04:58 to 18:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:43
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:58 to 04:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:11
- Karana Bava until 09:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:43
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:26
- 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 04:58 – 12:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 09:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:07 – 04:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:59 Scorpio
- 03:59 – 06:14 Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 03:55 next day Scorpio
- 03:55 – 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