Durban panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:58 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:58 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:10
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:58 to 04:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:17 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 09:02
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:56
- Karana Kaulava until 09:02, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 09:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:17 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:58 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:13
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:56 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:10
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. 03:38 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 04:59 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
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 03:55 Scorpio
- 03:55 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 01:56 next day Libra
- 01:56 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 04:59 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