Durban panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:59 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
05:08 to 18:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:59 to 05:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 09:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:42
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:42 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:41 – 00:59 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. 03:47 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 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
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:22 Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 07:43 Capricorn
- 07:43 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 23:34 Virgo
- 23:34 – 01:08 next day Libra
- 01:08 – 03:03 next day Scorpio
- 03:03 – 05:09 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