Durban panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 16:58 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
06:25 to 17:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:58
- 06:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:19 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:43
- Karana Vishti until 06:30, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:43 – 18:14 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. 04:40 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:23 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:19 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:50 Taurus
- 09:50 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 16:25 Virgo
- 16:25 – 17:59 Libra
- 17:59 – 19:54 Scorpio
- 19:54 – 22:09 Sagittarius
- 22:09 – 00:31 next day Capricorn
- 00:31 – 02:49 next day Aquarius
- 02:49 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 06:26 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