Durban panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 15:29 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 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 16:00
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:22 to 06:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:34
- Karana Balava until 15:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:00
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 17:22 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:22 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:23 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 10:02 Taurus
- 10:02 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 16:37 Virgo
- 16:37 – 18:11 Libra
- 18:11 – 20:06 Scorpio
- 20:06 – 22:21 Sagittarius
- 22:21 – 00:42 next day Capricorn
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:24 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