Durban panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 13:25 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
06:21 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:03
- 15:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:26 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 21:54
- Karana Bava until 15:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:54 – 00:18 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 16:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:44 – 06:21 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. 04:38 – 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 17:26 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:44 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:38 Pisces
- 05:38 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:22 Gemini
- 12:22 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 16:53 Virgo
- 16:53 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:22 Scorpio
- 20:22 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:58 next day Capricorn
- 00:58 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 05:34 next day Pisces
- 05:34 – 06:21 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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