Durban panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 14:33 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
06:22 to 17:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:24
- 14:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:24 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:37
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:57
- Karana Gara until 14:37, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 14:46 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 – 05:30
- 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 17:24 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 16:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 15:21 Leo
- 15:21 – 16:45 Virgo
- 16:45 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:14 Scorpio
- 20:14 – 22:29 Sagittarius
- 22:29 – 00:50 next day Capricorn
- 00:50 – 03:09 next day Aquarius
- 03:09 – 05:26 next day Pisces
- 05:26 – 06:23 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