Durban panchang, 9 February 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 23:03 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
05:32 to 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:08
- 14:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:47 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 03:57 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:25 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:21
- Karana Balava until 14:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:08
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. 04:06 – 04:49
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:25 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 08:11 Aquarius
- 08:11 – 10:29 Pisces
- 10:29 – 12:50 Aries
- 12:50 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 20:20 Leo
- 20:20 – 21:44 Virgo
- 21:44 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:13 next day Scorpio
- 01:13 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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