Durban panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 09:30 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 18:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:22
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:37 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:36 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 12:21
- Karana Vishti until 09:31, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:37 Moon enters Aries
- 20:37 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:22 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:41 – 15:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:41 – 07:33
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. 04:13 – 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 18:36 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 15:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 09:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:36 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:42 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
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:06 Capricorn
- 05:06 – 07:24 Aquarius
- 07:24 – 09:42 Pisces
- 09:42 – 12:03 Aries
- 12:03 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:25 Gemini
- 16:25 – 18:07 Cancer
- 18:07 – 19:33 Leo
- 19:33 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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