Durban panchang, 3 February 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 20:01 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
05:27 to 18:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 17:10
- 09:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:51 to 05:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:11
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:09
- Karana Taitila until 09:42, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:09 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:10
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:09 – 01:33 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. 04:02 – 04:45
- 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 18:51 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:11 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:28 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 17:10 | Good |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:11 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:28 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
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 08:35 Aquarius
- 08:35 – 10:53 Pisces
- 10:53 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:36 Gemini
- 17:36 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 20:44 Leo
- 20:44 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 01:36 next day Scorpio
- 01:36 – 03:51 next day Sagittarius
- 03:51 – 05:28 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