Durban panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 04:20 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
05:38 to 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:04
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:04 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:41 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:04
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 22:20
- Karana Shakuni until 14:04, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:04 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 17:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 05:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:20 – 09:39 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. 04:10 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 17:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 17:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:25 Capricorn
- 05:25 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 10:02 Pisces
- 10:02 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 16:45 Gemini
- 16:45 – 18:26 Cancer
- 18:26 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 21:16 Virgo
- 21:16 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 00:45 next day Scorpio
- 00:45 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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