Durban panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 15:02 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
06:23 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:11
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:05 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 14:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:05
- Karana Vishti until 14:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:05 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:38 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:05 – 21:41
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. 04:39 – 05:31
- 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 17:23 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:26 Pisces
- 05:26 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 16:41 Virgo
- 16:41 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:10 Scorpio
- 20:10 – 22:25 Sagittarius
- 22:25 – 00:46 next day Capricorn
- 00:46 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 05:22 next day Pisces
- 05:22 – 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