Durban panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 15:03 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
05:22 to 18:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:50
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 13:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:55 to 05:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 13:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 20:24
- Karana Gara until 13:06, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 05:57 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 13:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:50
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. 03:58 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 05:22 – 05:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:22 – 05:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:22 – 04:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 04:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:01 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:22 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:23 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
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:19 Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 08:59 Aquarius
- 08:59 – 11:16 Pisces
- 11:16 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 22:31 Virgo
- 22:31 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:00 next day Scorpio
- 02:00 – 04:15 next day Sagittarius
- 04:15 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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