Durban panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 11:44 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
05:43 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:00
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 03:32 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 06:48
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:53 – 00:56 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. 04:14 – 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 18:34 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 13:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:20 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:58 Capricorn
- 04:58 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 09:34 Pisces
- 09:34 – 11:55 Aries
- 11:55 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 17:59 Cancer
- 17:59 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 20:49 Virgo
- 20:49 – 22:23 Libra
- 22:23 – 00:18 next day Scorpio
- 00:18 – 02:33 next day Sagittarius
- 02:33 – 04:54 next day Capricorn
- 04:54 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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