Durban panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 01:50 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
06:14 to 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:21
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:37 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:39
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 13:46
- Karana Bava until 09:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:39 – 23:42
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:20 Sagittarius
- 23:20 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 06:15 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