Durban panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 18:58 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
06:27 to 17:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:07
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:17 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 19:49
- Karana Vanija until 12:42, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:58 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:07
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. 04:42 – 05:34
- 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 17:17 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 06:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:17 | Good |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 16:13 Virgo
- 16:13 – 17:47 Libra
- 17:47 – 19:42 Scorpio
- 19:42 – 21:57 Sagittarius
- 21:57 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:28 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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