Durban panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 08:26 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
05:41 to 18:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 17:00
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:37 to 05:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 14:53
- Karana Gara until 11:08, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:22 – 09:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:33 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:33 – 05:41 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. 04:12 – 04:57
- 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 18:37 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:37 – 05:41 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:37 – 05:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:37 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:10 Capricorn
- 05:10 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 09:46 Pisces
- 09:46 – 12:07 Aries
- 12:07 – 14:26 Taurus
- 14:26 – 16:29 Gemini
- 16:29 – 18:11 Cancer
- 18:11 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 05:06 next day Capricorn
- 05:06 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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