Durban panchang, 27 February 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 15:59 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
05:46 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:54
- 07:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:30 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:22 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:03
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:13
- Karana Vanija until 08:02, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:22 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:54
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 07:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 19:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:42 Capricorn
- 04:42 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 09:18 Pisces
- 09:18 – 11:39 Aries
- 11:39 – 13:58 Taurus
- 13:58 – 16:02 Gemini
- 16:02 – 17:43 Cancer
- 17:43 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 20:33 Virgo
- 20:33 – 22:07 Libra
- 22:07 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 05:47 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