Durban panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 03:32 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
05:12 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:32
- 07:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:59 to 05:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:34
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:44 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:48
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:02 Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 07:23 Capricorn
- 07:23 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 12:00 Pisces
- 12:00 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 23:14 Virgo
- 23:14 – 00:48 next day Libra
- 00:48 – 02:43 next day Scorpio
- 02:43 – 04:58 next day Sagittarius
- 04:58 – 05:13 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