Durban panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 21:55 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
06:11 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:24
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:43 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:18 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 13:40
- Karana Vanija until 15:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:40 – 02:04 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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:43 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 05:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:32 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 11:21 Taurus
- 11:21 – 13:25 Gemini
- 13:25 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:40 Sagittarius
- 23:40 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 06:12 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