Durban panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 10:33 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
05:18 to 18:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:18 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:18 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:32
- 09:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:56 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:10
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 10:31
- Karana Kaulava until 09:46, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:18 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:46 – 05:19 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. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 07:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:46 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:18 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:34 Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 06:56 Capricorn
- 06:56 – 09:14 Aquarius
- 09:14 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 22:47 Virgo
- 22:47 – 00:21 next day Libra
- 00:21 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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