Durban panchang, 25 February 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 14:02 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:44
- 10:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:32 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:11 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:58
- Karana Balava until 12:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:44
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. 04:15 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:32 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 10:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:08 – 05:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:08 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:45 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 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:50 Capricorn
- 04:50 – 07:09 Aquarius
- 07:09 – 09:26 Pisces
- 09:26 – 11:47 Aries
- 11:47 – 14:06 Taurus
- 14:06 – 16:10 Gemini
- 16:10 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 20:41 Virgo
- 20:41 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:25 next day Sagittarius
- 02:25 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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