Durban panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 20:30 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
05:28 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:49
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:40
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:34
- Karana Vanija until 08:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:50 – 20:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
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. 04:03 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:50 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:13 Capricorn
- 06:13 – 08:31 Aquarius
- 08:31 – 10:49 Pisces
- 10:49 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:14 Cancer
- 19:14 – 20:40 Leo
- 20:40 – 22:03 Virgo
- 22:03 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 05:29 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