Durban panchang, 13 January 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 00:29 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
05:09 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:59 to 05:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:48
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 15:34
- Karana Vishti until 11:48, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:34 – 17:58
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 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Char | 08:36 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:18 Sagittarius
- 05:18 – 07:39 Capricorn
- 07:39 – 09:58 Aquarius
- 09:58 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 23:30 Virgo
- 23:30 – 01:04 next day Libra
- 01:04 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 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