Durban panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 20:59 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
05:02 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:47 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:12
- 06:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:17
- Karana Gara until 06:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:24 – 04:32 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. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- 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 05:02 – 09:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:03 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
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:49 Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:01 next day Virgo
- 00:01 – 01:35 next day Libra
- 01:35 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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