Durban panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 12:43 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
05:20 to 18:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:12
- 05:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 06:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:55 to 05:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:48
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 05:41
- Karana Vishti until 06:47, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 06:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:09 – 12:08
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. 03:57 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:20 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:55 | Good |
| Char | 18:55 – 20:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:27 Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 06:48 Capricorn
- 06:48 – 09:07 Aquarius
- 09:07 – 11:24 Pisces
- 11:24 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 22:39 Virgo
- 22:39 – 00:13 next day Libra
- 00:13 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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