Durban panchang, 11 January 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:57 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
05:07 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:59
- 06:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:59 to 05:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 06:50
- Nakshatra Chitra until 14:42 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:57
- Karana Kaulava until 06:50, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:59 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:59
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. 03:46 – 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
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:08 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
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:26 Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 07:47 Capricorn
- 07:47 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 23:38 Virgo
- 23:38 – 01:12 next day Libra
- 01:12 – 03:07 next day Scorpio
- 03:07 – 05:08 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