Durban panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 02:51 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
06:15 to 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:11
- 09:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:36 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:07 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:42
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:09
- Karana Kaulava until 09:16, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:07 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 12:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:36 – 06:15 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. 04:34 – 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 17:36 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:42 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:01 Scorpio
- 21:01 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 06:14 next day Pisces
- 06:14 – 06:15 next day Aries
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