Durban panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 12:54 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
05:44 to 18:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:57
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 05:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:27, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:37 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:56 – 02:08 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 – 04:59
- 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 18:33 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 11:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 01:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:33 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:21 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:54 Capricorn
- 04:54 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 09:30 Pisces
- 09:30 – 11:51 Aries
- 11:51 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 17:55 Cancer
- 17:55 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:50 next day Capricorn
- 04:50 – 05:44 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