Durban panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 18:29 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
05:00 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:14
- 05:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 15:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 09:37
- Karana Gara until 05:08, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 15:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:14
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. 03:40 – 04:20
- 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 05:00 – 16:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:00 – 06:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:45 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:46 Scorpio
- 03:46 – 06:01 Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 00:13 next day Virgo
- 00:13 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 03:42 next day Scorpio
- 03:42 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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