Durban panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 01:49 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
05:10 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:10 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:59 to 05:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 16:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:17 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:47, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:17 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:49 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:11 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
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:10 Sagittarius
- 05:10 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 12:07 Pisces
- 12:07 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 23:22 Virgo
- 23:22 – 00:56 next day Libra
- 00:56 – 02:51 next day Scorpio
- 02:51 – 05:06 next day Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 05:11 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