Durban panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 06:22 Phalguna month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 13:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 13:28
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 19:15
- Karana Bava until 13:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 13:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:39 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:28 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:18 Capricorn
- 05:18 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 09:54 Pisces
- 09:54 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:37 Gemini
- 16:37 – 18:18 Cancer
- 18:18 – 19:45 Leo
- 19:45 – 21:08 Virgo
- 21:08 – 22:42 Libra
- 22:42 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 05:40 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