Durban panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 20:16 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
06:10 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:26
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:45 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:41
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:55
- Karana Balava until 10:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:55 – 12:46 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:26
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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 23:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:31 Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 16:40 Leo
- 16:40 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 19:38 Libra
- 19:38 – 21:33 Scorpio
- 21:33 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 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