Durban panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 17:21 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:59 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:11
- 08:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:59 to 05:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Rohini until 19:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 13:42
- Karana Kaulava until 08:36, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:59 – 19:18
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:18 – 05:00 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. 03:39 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:18 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:29 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:14 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:00 next day | Good |
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
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 03:50 Scorpio
- 03:50 – 06:05 Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 01:51 next day Libra
- 01:51 – 03:46 next day Scorpio
- 03:46 – 05:00 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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