Durban panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 08:32 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
05:16 to 18:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:13
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:57 to 05:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:03 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 22:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:57 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 14:07
- Karana Vanija until 11:11, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:03 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:11 – 22:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:07 – 01:18 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:13
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. 03:54 – 04:35
- 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 18:57 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 10:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:58 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:15 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:42 Sagittarius
- 04:42 – 07:04 Capricorn
- 07:04 – 09:22 Aquarius
- 09:22 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 22:54 Virgo
- 22:54 – 00:29 next day Libra
- 00:29 – 02:23 next day Scorpio
- 02:23 – 04:38 next day Sagittarius
- 04:38 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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