Durban panchang, 10 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 23:50 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 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:15
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:41 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:46 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:46
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 15:00
- Karana Balava until 06:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:15
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 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:33 Pisces
- 06:33 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 11:13 Taurus
- 11:13 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 19:22 Libra
- 19:22 – 21:17 Scorpio
- 21:17 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 06:13 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