Panchang for 18 December 2026, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shukravara (Venus)

Sunrise

05:10

Sunset

18:57

Next sunrise

05:11 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 13:10 · Moonset 00:54 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Navami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 3 (lord Saturn)

Yoga at sunrise

Vyatipata

Karana at sunrise

Balava

Moon sign at sunrise

Mina (Pisces)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

10:21–12:04 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 06:54–08:37 Labh good Good
2. 08:37–10:21 Amrit good Best
3. 12:04–13:47 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:10 to sunset 18:57

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:10–06:54	Chal neutral	Neutral
06:54–08:37	Labh good	Good
08:37–10:21	Amrit good	Best
10:21–12:04	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
12:04–13:47	Shubh good	Better
13:47–15:31	Rog inauspicious	Bad
15:31–17:14	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
17:14–18:57	Chal neutral	Neutral

Night: sunset 18:57 to next sunrise 05:11

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
18:57–20:14	Rog inauspicious	Bad
20:14–21:31	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
21:31–22:47	Labh good	Good
22:47–00:04	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
00:04–01:21	Shubh good	Better
01:21–02:37	Amrit good	Best
02:37–03:54	Chal neutral	Neutral
03:54–05:11	Rog 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

15:31–17:14 · 06:54–08:37

Abhijit muhurta

11:36–12:31

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:10 (yesterday 05:10), sunset 18:57 (yesterday 18:57), daylight 13 h 47 min (yesterday 13 h 47 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 13:10, yesterday 12:14; moonset 00:54 (next day), yesterday 00:21 (next day).
• At 05:10 the tithi is Shukla Navami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:10) it was Shukla Ashtami.
• At 05:10 the Moon is in Uttara Bhadrapada (Purva Bhadrapada at 05:10 yesterday), having moved from Kumbha (Aquarius) into Mina (Pisces); the yoga is Vyatipata (yesterday Siddhi).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 13:47–15:30 on Thursday (daylight part 6 of 8) to 10:21–12:04 on Friday (part 4).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 12:04, with 13 h 47 min of daylight against 11 h 22 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 43 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (55 min) and Brahma muhurta count as favourable by tradition. Some panchangas reckon Brahma muhurta with fixed 48-minute muhurtas.

Month, paksha and year

Paksha

Shukla paksha (waxing Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Margashirsha

Ritu (by amanta month)

Hemanta

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 Friday, Shukravara (Venus) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:10 to the next sunrise at 05:11 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 14 min.
• Shukla Navami gives way to Shukla Dashami at 19:45, 14 h 34 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 43 min day choghadiyas begin with Chal and the 1 h 17 min night choghadiyas with Rog, as on every Friday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.

Around this day

• Johannesburg Panchang calendar for December 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.