Durban panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 05:21 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 18:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:02
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:40 to 05:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:01
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 20:58
- Karana Naga until 14:01, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 17:46
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:46 – 05:39 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. 04:11 – 04:55
- 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 18:40 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:21 Capricorn
- 05:21 – 07:40 Aquarius
- 07:40 – 09:58 Pisces
- 09:58 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:41 Gemini
- 16:41 – 18:22 Cancer
- 18:22 – 19:49 Leo
- 19:49 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 05:39 next day Aquarius
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