Durban panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 17:55 Chaitra month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:29
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:12 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 14:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:49
- Karana Balava until 16:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:58 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:49 – 14:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:29
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:50 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:47 Aquarius
- 04:47 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:48 Gemini
- 13:48 – 15:29 Cancer
- 15:29 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 18:19 Virgo
- 18:19 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 00:03 next day Sagittarius
- 00:03 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:08 next day Pisces
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