Durban panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 14:01 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 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:39
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:34 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:25 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 20:13
- Karana Kaulava until 14:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:34 Moon enters Leo
- 20:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:31 – 22:34
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 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 06:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 14:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 16:49 Virgo
- 16:49 – 18:23 Libra
- 18:23 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:33 Sagittarius
- 22:33 – 00:54 next day Capricorn
- 00:54 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 06:22 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