Durban panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 11:50 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
06:20 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:17
- 08:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:28 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:37 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:17
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 18:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:20 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:26 Taurus
- 10:26 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 14:11 Cancer
- 14:11 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 18:35 Libra
- 18:35 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:45 Sagittarius
- 22:45 – 01:06 next day Capricorn
- 01:06 – 03:24 next day Aquarius
- 03:24 – 05:42 next day Pisces
- 05:42 – 06:20 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