Durban panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 22:51 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
06:12 to 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:24
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:42 to 06:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:50
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 14:28
- Karana Bava until 17:50, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:24
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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 17:42 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:37 Pisces
- 06:37 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 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