Durban panchang, 26 January 2028
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 04:57 Pausha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:50
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:12 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:56 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:12
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 10:01
- Karana Naga until 17:12, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 17:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:12 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:19 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:29 Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:50 Capricorn
- 06:50 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 21:17 Leo
- 21:17 – 22:41 Virgo
- 22:41 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:25 next day Sagittarius
- 04:25 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method