Durban panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 05:31 Magha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:58 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:44 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 17:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:21, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:44 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 10:04
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- 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 08:22 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:04 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:54 Sagittarius
- 04:54 – 07:15 Capricorn
- 07:15 – 09:34 Aquarius
- 09:34 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 21:43 Leo
- 21:43 – 23:06 Virgo
- 23:06 – 00:40 next day Libra
- 00:40 – 02:35 next day Scorpio
- 02:35 – 04:50 next day Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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