Durban panchang, 6 February 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 21:26 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 18:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:09
- 09:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:49 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:49 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:07
- Karana Kaulava until 09:15, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:49 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:07 – 22:07
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. 04:04 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:49 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:29 – 07:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 10:41 Pisces
- 10:41 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:24 Gemini
- 17:24 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 20:32 Leo
- 20:32 – 21:55 Virgo
- 21:55 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:39 next day Sagittarius
- 03:39 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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