Durban panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 22:59 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
05:05 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:15
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:59 to 05:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:54 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:25
- Karana Vishti until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:25 – 15:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 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. 03:44 – 04:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 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 05:05 – 10:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:05 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:34 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:33 Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 01:20 next day Libra
- 01:20 – 03:15 next day Scorpio
- 03:15 – 05:06 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