Durban panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 18:06 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
05:24 to 18:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:24 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 05:24 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:31
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:31 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:53 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:03
- Karana Gara until 15:37, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:31 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:24 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:23 – 13:13 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. 04:00 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 22:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:24 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:24 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:05 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 17:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:07 Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 08:47 Aquarius
- 08:47 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 22:19 Virgo
- 22:19 – 23:53 Libra
- 23:53 – 01:48 next day Scorpio
- 01:48 – 04:03 next day Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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