Durban panchang, 11 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:40 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
06:13 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:48
- 08:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:40 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:08 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 15:09
- Karana Taitila until 08:31, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 21:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:08 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:48
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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 21:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:10 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:29 Pisces
- 06:29 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:13 Gemini
- 13:13 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:13 Scorpio
- 21:13 – 23:28 Sagittarius
- 23:28 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 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