Durban panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 19:29 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
05:01 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:01 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:01 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:29
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:59 to 05:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:02
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 05:35
- Karana Bava until 12:02, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:01 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:45 – 22:17 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. 03:40 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:30 | Good |
| Rog | 08:30 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:01 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
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 03:42 Scorpio
- 03:42 – 05:57 Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 10:37 Aquarius
- 10:37 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 01:43 next day Libra
- 01:43 – 03:38 next day Scorpio
- 03:38 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
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