Durban panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 18:25 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 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:21
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:49 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:39 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:38
- Karana Taitila until 17:53, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:53 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:21
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. 04:30 – 05:19
- 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 17:49 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 07:01 Pisces
- 07:01 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:41 Taurus
- 11:41 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 21:44 Scorpio
- 21:44 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:09 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