Durban panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 04:30 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
05:13 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:58
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 09:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:58 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:51
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 17:41
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:16, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 09:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:08 – 18:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:41 – 18:53
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. 03:51 – 04:32
- 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 18:58 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:14 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
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:58 Sagittarius
- 04:58 – 07:19 Capricorn
- 07:19 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 00:44 next day Libra
- 00:44 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:54 next day Sagittarius
- 04:54 – 05:14 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