Durban panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 21:03 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 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:17
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:44 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 13:05
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:46
- Karana Taitila until 13:05, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:17
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:24 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:10 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 09:06 Aries
- 09:06 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:44 Sagittarius
- 23:44 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 06:11 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