Durban panchang, 7 February 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 21:56 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
05:30 to 18:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:30 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:30 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:29
- 09:52 Moon enters Libra
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:48 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:24
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 20:10
- Karana Gara until 10:32, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:52 Moon enters Libra
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:58 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:30 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:10 – 22:34
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 22:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:20 – 21:34
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. 04:05 – 04:48
- 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 18:48 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:58 – 05:31 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:58 – 05:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:58 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 08:19 Aquarius
- 08:19 – 10:37 Pisces
- 10:37 – 12:58 Aries
- 12:58 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:02 Cancer
- 19:02 – 20:28 Leo
- 20:28 – 21:52 Virgo
- 21:52 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:21 next day Scorpio
- 01:21 – 03:36 next day Sagittarius
- 03:36 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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