Durban panchang, 22 February 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 10:36 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
05:42 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:35
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:38
- Karana Balava until 07:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:24 – 05:43 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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:24 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:02 Capricorn
- 05:02 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 09:38 Pisces
- 09:38 – 11:59 Aries
- 11:59 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:22 Gemini
- 16:22 – 18:03 Cancer
- 18:03 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 20:53 Virgo
- 20:53 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 05:43 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