Durban panchang, 8 February 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 22:27 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
05:31 to 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:47
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:47 to 05:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 20:38
- Karana Vishti until 12:25, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:47
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:32 – 05:32 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. 04:05 – 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 18:47 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 01:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 08:15 Aquarius
- 08:15 – 10:33 Pisces
- 10:33 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 18:58 Cancer
- 18:58 – 20:24 Leo
- 20:24 – 21:48 Virgo
- 21:48 – 23:22 Libra
- 23:22 – 01:17 next day Scorpio
- 01:17 – 03:32 next day Sagittarius
- 03:32 – 05:32 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