Durban panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 06:32 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
05:15 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:15
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:58 to 05:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 16:31
- Karana Balava until 11:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:31 – 15:28 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:37 – 05:15 next day
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 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:13 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Char | 08:40 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:15 | Good |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:50 Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 07:12 Capricorn
- 07:12 – 09:30 Aquarius
- 09:30 – 11:48 Pisces
- 11:48 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:02 Virgo
- 23:02 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:46 next day Sagittarius
- 04:46 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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