Durban panchang, 10 January 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:27 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
05:06 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:06 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 05:06 – 06:02
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:31
- 12:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 05:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 06:50 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:28
- Karana Balava until 17:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:10 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:22 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:06 – 06:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:06 – 12:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:10 – 05:07 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. 03:45 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:07 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
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:30 Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 07:51 Capricorn
- 07:51 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 23:42 Virgo
- 23:42 – 01:16 next day Libra
- 01:16 – 03:11 next day Scorpio
- 03:11 – 05:07 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