Durban panchang, 19 February 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 07:24 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
05:40 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:02
- 11:30 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:38 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:29
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 17:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:30 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:51 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:02
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. 04:12 – 04:56
- 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 18:38 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:01 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 09:50 Pisces
- 09:50 – 12:10 Aries
- 12:10 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:33 Gemini
- 16:33 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 22:38 Libra
- 22:38 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:48 next day Sagittarius
- 02:48 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 05:41 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