Durban panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 07:32 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 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:49
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:57 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:17
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:28
- Karana Taitila until 11:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:15 – 10:28
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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:57 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:28 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:16 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 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:46 Sagittarius
- 04:46 – 07:08 Capricorn
- 07:08 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:09 Cancer
- 20:09 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 22:58 Virgo
- 22:58 – 00:32 next day Libra
- 00:32 – 02:27 next day Scorpio
- 02:27 – 04:42 next day Sagittarius
- 04:42 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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