Panchang for 28 October 2026, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Budhavara (Mercury)

Sunrise

05:21

Sunset

18:22

Next sunrise

05:20 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonset 06:42 · Moonrise 21:13

Tithi at sunrise

Krishna Tritiya

Nakshatra at sunrise

Krittika, pada 4 (lord Sun)

Yoga at sunrise

Variyan

Karana at sunrise

Vanija

Moon sign at sunrise

Vrishabha (Taurus)

Sun sign at sunrise

Tula (Libra)

Rahu Kaal

11:51–13:29 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 05:21–06:59 Labh good Good
2. 06:59–08:36 Amrit good Best
3. 10:14–11:51 Shubh good Better
4. 16:44–18:22 Labh good Good

All 16 choghadiyas

Wednesday order; night times after midnight fall on the next date.

Day: sunrise 05:21 to sunset 18:22

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:21–06:59	Labh good	Good
06:59–08:36	Amrit good	Best
08:36–10:14	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
10:14–11:51	Shubh good	Better
11:51–13:29	Rog inauspicious	Bad
13:29–15:06	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
15:06–16:44	Chal neutral	Neutral
16:44–18:22	Labh good	Good

Night: sunset 18:22 to next sunrise 05:20

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
18:22–19:44	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
19:44–21:06	Shubh good	Better
21:06–22:29	Amrit good	Best
22:29–23:51	Chal neutral	Neutral
23:51–01:13	Rog inauspicious	Bad
01:13–02:36	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
02:36–03:58	Labh good	Good
03:58–05:20	Udveg inauspicious	Bad

Timing quality, best to worst

• Best Amrit choghadiya · Jupiter hora
• Better Shubh choghadiya · Venus hora
• Good Labh choghadiya · Moon and Mercury horas
• Neutral Chal choghadiya · Sun hora
• Bad Udveg and Rog choghadiyas · Mars and Saturn horas
• Worst Kaal choghadiya · Rahu Kaal

Grades follow the panchanga tradition; they are not a forecast.

Yamaganda · Gulika

06:59–08:36 · 10:14–11:51

Abhijit muhurta

11:25–12:17 (Wednesday: many panchangas do not count it)

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:21 (yesterday 05:22), sunset 18:22 (yesterday 18:21), daylight 13 h 01 min (yesterday 12 h 59 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 21:13, yesterday 20:03; moonset 06:42, yesterday 05:52.
• At 05:21 the tithi is Krishna Tritiya; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:22) it was Krishna Dvitiya.
• At 05:21 the Moon is in Krittika (Bharani at 05:22 yesterday), having moved from Mesha (Aries) into Vrishabha (Taurus); the yoga is Variyan (yesterday Siddhi).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 15:06–16:44 on Tuesday (daylight part 7 of 8) to 11:51–13:29 on Wednesday (part 5).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 11:51, with 13 h 01 min of daylight against 11 h 42 min in Bengaluru. The limbs end at the same instants everywhere; this page gives Johannesburg’s local clock.

Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and Brahma muhurta

Each daylight part is 1 h 38 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (52 min) and Brahma muhurta count as favourable by tradition. Some panchangas reckon Brahma muhurta with fixed 48-minute muhurtas.

Month, paksha and year

Paksha

Krishna paksha (waning Moon)

Amanta month

Ashwina

Purnimanta month

Kartika

Ritu (by amanta month)

Sharad

Ayana (sidereal Sun)

Dakshinayana

Shaka Samvat

1948

Vikram Samvat (Chaitradi)

2083

Samvatsara

Parabhava

Amanta months run new Moon to new Moon (South and West India), purnimanta months full Moon to full Moon (North India).

When each limb changes

Times are local in Johannesburg (Africa/Johannesburg). The first of each is in effect at sunrise; each next one begins where the previous ends. “Next day” means after midnight, before the next sunrise.

About this day

• The day is Wednesday, Budhavara (Mercury) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:21 to the next sunrise at 05:20 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 59 min.
• Krishna Tritiya gives way to Krishna Chaturthi at 21:37, 16 h 16 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 38 min day choghadiyas begin with Labh and the 1 h 22 min night choghadiyas with Udveg, as on every Wednesday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.

Around this day

• Johannesburg Panchang calendar for October 2026
• Today’s Panchang in Johannesburg · Choghadiya · Rahu Kaal
• The same date in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune
• What a tithi is · nakshatra · yoga and karana · how Rahu Kaal is calculated

Method and limits

Calculated with the live Panchang’s model and checked against Drik Panchang on 28 city-and-date combinations (times within 2.3 minutes, moonrise and moonset within 6.4). Observance of fasts and festivals follows regional rules. Amrit Kaal, Varjyam and Durmuhurta are not calculated yet.