Durban panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 22:04 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
05:04 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:46
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:03
- Karana Kaulava until 15:07, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:46
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. 03:43 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 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
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:41 Sagittarius
- 05:41 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:22 next day Scorpio
- 03:22 – 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