Durban panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 10:49 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
06:19 to 17:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:05
- 09:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:29 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:01
- Karana Bava until 11:15, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:01 – 11:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:05
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 – 05:28
- 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 17:29 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:28 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:43 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 08:11 Aries
- 08:11 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 05:46 next day Pisces
- 05:46 – 06:20 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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