Durban panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 15:04 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
05:45 to 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:45 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:58
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:31 to 05:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:03 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 21:03
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 19:03
- Karana Taitila until 10:07, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:03 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 21:03 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 08:41
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:41 – 05:46 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. 04:15 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 05:46 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:46 Capricorn
- 04:46 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 09:22 Pisces
- 09:22 – 11:43 Aries
- 11:43 – 14:02 Taurus
- 14:02 – 16:06 Gemini
- 16:06 – 17:47 Cancer
- 17:47 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 20:37 Virgo
- 20:37 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 05:46 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