Durban panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 07:13 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:43
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:32 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:40 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 20:26
- Karana Bava until 10:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:43
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 17:32 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:42 Taurus
- 10:42 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 17:16 Virgo
- 17:16 – 18:50 Libra
- 18:50 – 20:45 Scorpio
- 20:45 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:18 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