Durban panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 21:34 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
05:03 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 17:15
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:47 Moon enters Leo
- 15:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:59 to 05:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 16:51
- Karana Bava until 15:51, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:47 Moon enters Leo
- 15:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:15
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 – 04:23
- 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 05:03 – 08:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:04 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
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:45 Sagittarius
- 05:45 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 01:31 next day Libra
- 01:31 – 03:26 next day Scorpio
- 03:26 – 05:04 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