Durban panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 09:40 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 17:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:16
- 12:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:30 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:45 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:41
- Karana Vanija until 14:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:16
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 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 22:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 22:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 22:38 – 06:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:38 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:30 | Good |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 20:37 Scorpio
- 20:37 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 01:14 next day Capricorn
- 01:14 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:50 next day Pisces
- 05:50 – 06:19 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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