Durban panchang, 27 January 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 13:53 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
05:21 to 18:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:13
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:55 to 05:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:35
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 23:43
- Karana Kaulava until 15:35, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:15 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:13
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- 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 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:39 – 05:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:39 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:03 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:13 | Good |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:03 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:23 Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 06:44 Capricorn
- 06:44 – 09:03 Aquarius
- 09:03 – 11:20 Pisces
- 11:20 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 22:35 Virgo
- 22:35 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 05:22 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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