Durban panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 01:07 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:48
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:59 to 05:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:23
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 16:25
- Karana Balava until 14:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:48
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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:09 – 23:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 23:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:23 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:10 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 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:14 Sagittarius
- 05:14 – 07:35 Capricorn
- 07:35 – 09:54 Aquarius
- 09:54 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 23:26 Virgo
- 23:26 – 01:00 next day Libra
- 01:00 – 02:55 next day Scorpio
- 02:55 – 05:10 next day Sagittarius
- 05:10 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
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