Durban panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 09:32 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
05:17 to 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:14
- 10:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:57 to 05:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:29
- Karana Bava until 10:40, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
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. 03:55 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 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 11:03 – 05:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:16 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:17 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:38 Sagittarius
- 04:38 – 07:00 Capricorn
- 07:00 – 09:18 Aquarius
- 09:18 – 11:36 Pisces
- 11:36 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 21:27 Leo
- 21:27 – 22:51 Virgo
- 22:51 – 00:25 next day Libra
- 00:25 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:34 next day Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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