Durban panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 12:42 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 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:14
- 11:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:27 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:27 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:02 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:19 – 04:31 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:02 – 02:02 next day
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 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:27 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 17:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 17:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:27 – 06:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:27 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:43 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:42 Pisces
- 05:42 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 10:22 Taurus
- 10:22 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 16:57 Virgo
- 16:57 – 18:31 Libra
- 18:31 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:41 Sagittarius
- 22:41 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 05:38 next day Pisces
- 05:38 – 06:21 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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