Durban panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 08:26 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
06:18 to 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:31
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:31 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:19
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:05 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:32
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:31
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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 17:31 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:05 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:43 | Good |
| Rog | 14:43 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:38 Taurus
- 10:38 – 12:41 Gemini
- 12:41 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 15:49 Leo
- 15:49 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 18:46 Libra
- 18:46 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:56 Sagittarius
- 22:56 – 01:18 next day Capricorn
- 01:18 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:54 next day Pisces
- 05:54 – 06:18 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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