Durban panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 19:34 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 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:46
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:58 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:46 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:30
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 11:13
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 20:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:38 – 06:10 next day
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 – 05:20
- 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 17:46 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:10 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 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:35 Aquarius
- 04:35 – 06:53 Pisces
- 06:53 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:10 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