Panchang for 19 December 2026, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shanivara (Saturn)

Sunrise

05:11

Sunset

18:58

Next sunrise

05:11 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 14:10 · Moonset 01:30 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Dashami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Revati, pada 3 (lord Mercury)

Yoga at sunrise

Variyan

Karana at sunrise

Taitila

Moon sign at sunrise

Mina (Pisces)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

08:38–10:21 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 06:54–08:38 Shubh good Better
2. 13:48–15:31 Labh good Good
3. 15:31–17:15 Amrit good Best

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:11 to sunset 18:58

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:11–06:54	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
06:54–08:38	Shubh good	Better
08:38–10:21	Rog inauspicious	Bad
10:21–12:04	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
12:04–13:48	Chal neutral	Neutral
13:48–15:31	Labh good	Good
15:31–17:15	Amrit good	Best
17:15–18:58	Kaal inauspicious	Worst

Night: sunset 18:58 to next sunrise 05:11

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
18:58–20:15	Labh good	Good
20:15–21:31	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
21:31–22:48	Shubh good	Better
22:48–00:05	Amrit good	Best
00:05–01:21	Chal neutral	Neutral
01:21–02:38	Rog inauspicious	Bad
02:38–03:55	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
03:55–05:11	Labh good	Good

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

13:48–15:31 · 05:11–06:54

Abhijit muhurta

11:37–12:32

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:11 (yesterday 05:10), sunset 18:58 (yesterday 18:57), daylight 13 h 47 min (yesterday 13 h 47 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 14:10, yesterday 13:10; moonset 01:30 (next day), yesterday 00:54 (next day).
• At 05:11 the tithi is Shukla Dashami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:10) it was Shukla Navami.
• At 05:11 the Moon is in Revati (Uttara Bhadrapada at 05:10 yesterday), in Mina (Pisces); the yoga is Variyan (yesterday Vyatipata).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 10:21–12:04 on Friday (daylight part 4 of 8) to 08:38–10:21 on Saturday (part 3).

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).

Ekadashi, Purnima and Amavasya

• Mokshada Ekadashi: Ekadashi tithi from Sat 19 Dec 2026, 18:40 to Sun 20 Dec 2026, 16:45. the fast is kept on Sunday 20 December 2026. Ekadashi dates for 2026.

This page reports the tithi calculation and the sunrise rule. Fasting and festival days also follow regional and sectarian rules; when in doubt, follow your own tradition or temple calendar.

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 Saturday, Shanivara (Saturn) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:11 to the next sunrise at 05:11 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 13 min.
• Shukla Dashami gives way to Shukla Ekadashi at 18:40, 13 h 29 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 43 min day choghadiyas begin with Kaal and the 1 h 17 min night choghadiyas with Labh, as on every Saturday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 6 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.