Durban panchang, 25 January 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 11:37 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
05:19 to 18:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:14 – 18:56
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:05 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:56 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:40 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Gara until 08:28, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:05 Moon enters Aries
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:14 – 18:56
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. 03:56 – 04:38
- 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 05:19 – 10:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:05 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:31 Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:52 Capricorn
- 06:52 – 09:10 Aquarius
- 09:10 – 11:28 Pisces
- 11:28 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 22:43 Virgo
- 22:43 – 00:17 next day Libra
- 00:17 – 02:12 next day Scorpio
- 02:12 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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