Durban panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 15:57 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
06:24 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:15
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:21 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 17:21
- Karana Taitila until 16:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:21 – 18:33
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:46 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 16:33 Virgo
- 16:33 – 18:07 Libra
- 18:07 – 20:02 Scorpio
- 20:02 – 22:17 Sagittarius
- 22:17 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:25 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