Durban panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 03:52 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 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:20
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:35 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:55
- Karana Gara until 07:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:01 – 05:56 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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:35 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:16 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 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:53 Taurus
- 10:53 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 20:57 Scorpio
- 20:57 – 23:12 Sagittarius
- 23:12 – 01:33 next day Capricorn
- 01:33 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 06:10 next day Pisces
- 06:10 – 06:16 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