Durban panchang, 5 February 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 20:58 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
05:29 to 18:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:29 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:09
- 08:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:50 to 05:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:34
- Karana Bava until 08:40, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:09
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:29 – 19:27
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 – 04:46
- 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 18:50 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:52 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:29 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:10 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 08:27 Aquarius
- 08:27 – 10:45 Pisces
- 10:45 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:28 Gemini
- 17:28 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 20:36 Leo
- 20:36 – 21:59 Virgo
- 21:59 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:28 next day Scorpio
- 01:28 – 03:43 next day Sagittarius
- 03:43 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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