Sunrise and Sunset Today — Durban
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Sunrise
The Hindu day and the vara begin here
10:17 am
Sunset
8:47 pm
Moonrise
2:59 pm
Moonset
5:09 am
Brahma Muhurat
The most auspicious window, before sunrise
8:29 am – 9:23 am
Why sunrise matters in Durban
In the Hindu calendar the day begins at sunrise, not midnight — so the vara (weekday) changes at 10:17 am in Durban, not at 12 am. A ritual performed before sunrise still belongs to the previous weekday.
Sunrise also anchors every timing on this site. Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam, Gulika Kaal, Choghadiya and Hora are all fractions of the interval between sunrise and sunset, so a few minutes’ error in sunrise shifts all of them. That is why these are computed from Durban’s own latitude and longitude rather than a single reference city.
Today in Durban the tithi is Navami and the nakshatra Swati.
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