Durban panchang, 12 February 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 00:29 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
05:34 to 18:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:06
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:12 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:44 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:52
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 23:36
- Karana Vishti until 08:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:12 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 00:48 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. 04:08 – 04:51
- 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 18:44 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 08:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:44 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 08:00 Aquarius
- 08:00 – 10:17 Pisces
- 10:17 – 12:38 Aries
- 12:38 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 18:42 Cancer
- 18:42 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 21:32 Virgo
- 21:32 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:16 next day Sagittarius
- 03:16 – 05:35 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