Durban panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 22:32 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:04 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:12
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:59 to 05:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:35 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:55
- Karana Gara until 15:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:54 – 05:05 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. 03:44 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:54 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:49 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:05 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
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:37 Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 01:24 next day Libra
- 01:24 – 03:19 next day Scorpio
- 03:19 – 05:05 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