Durban panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:03 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
06:16 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:08
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:32 Moon enters Aries
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:33 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:15 next day
- Karana Naga until 13:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:32 Moon enters Aries
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:51 – 05:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:08
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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 08:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 08:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:32 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:51 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 12:49 Gemini
- 12:49 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 17:20 Virgo
- 17:20 – 18:54 Libra
- 18:54 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 23:04 Sagittarius
- 23:04 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:17 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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