Durban panchang, 2 February 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 19:28 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
05:26 to 18:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:07 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:11
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:52 to 05:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:52 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:17 Moon enters Leo
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:22
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 01:15 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:17 Moon enters Leo
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:11
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. 04:02 – 04:44
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
| Char | 18:52 – 20:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 08:39 Aquarius
- 08:39 – 10:57 Pisces
- 10:57 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:40 Gemini
- 17:40 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 22:11 Virgo
- 22:11 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 01:40 next day Scorpio
- 01:40 – 03:55 next day Sagittarius
- 03:55 – 05:27 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