Durban panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 18:57 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
06:09 to 17:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:53
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:48 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:39
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 10:47
- Karana Gara until 06:39, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:47 – 11:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:53
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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 18:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 18:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 15:22 Cancer
- 15:22 – 16:48 Leo
- 16:48 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:55 Sagittarius
- 23:55 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 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