Durban panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 20:18 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:14 – 18:59
- 06:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 09:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:59 to 05:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 22:17
- Karana Kaulava until 09:00, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 09:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:14 – 18:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:17 – 23:29
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. 03:41 – 04:21
- 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 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:41 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:46 – 08:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:47 – 05:02 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 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:53 Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:05 next day Virgo
- 00:05 – 01:39 next day Libra
- 01:39 – 03:34 next day Scorpio
- 03:34 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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