Durban panchang, 1 February 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 18:51 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
05:25 to 18:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta 17:05 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam 17:11 – 18:52
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:52 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 06:48
- Karana Vishti until 13:13, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:23 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:05 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:11 – 18:52
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. 04:01 – 04:43
- 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 18:52 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:06 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:03 Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 06:24 Capricorn
- 06:24 – 08:43 Aquarius
- 08:43 – 11:01 Pisces
- 11:01 – 13:21 Aries
- 13:21 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:44 Gemini
- 17:44 – 19:25 Cancer
- 19:25 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 22:15 Virgo
- 22:15 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:26 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