Panchang for 23 December 2026, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Budhavara (Mercury)

Sunrise

05:13

Sunset

19:00

Next sunrise

05:13 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 18:44 · Moonset 05:12 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Chaturdashi

Nakshatra at sunrise

Mrigashira, pada 1 (lord Mars)

Yoga at sunrise

Shubha

Karana at sunrise

Vanija

Moon sign at sunrise

Vrishabha (Taurus)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

12:06–13:50 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 05:13–06:56 Labh good Good
2. 06:56–08:40 Amrit good Best
3. 10:23–12:06 Shubh good Better
4. 17:16–19:00 Labh good Good

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:13 to sunset 19:00

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:13–06:56	Labh good	Good
06:56–08:40	Amrit good	Best
08:40–10:23	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
10:23–12:06	Shubh good	Better
12:06–13:50	Rog inauspicious	Bad
13:50–15:33	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
15:33–17:16	Chal neutral	Neutral
17:16–19:00	Labh good	Good

Night: sunset 19:00 to next sunrise 05:13

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
19:00–20:17	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
20:17–21:33	Shubh good	Better
21:33–22:50	Amrit good	Best
22:50–00:07	Chal neutral	Neutral
00:07–01:23	Rog inauspicious	Bad
01:23–02:40	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
02:40–03:57	Labh good	Good
03:57–05:13	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

06:56–08:40 · 10:23–12:06

Abhijit muhurta

11:39–12:34 (Wednesday: many panchangas do not count it)

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:13 (yesterday 05:12), sunset 19:00 (yesterday 18:59), daylight 13 h 47 min (yesterday 13 h 47 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 18:44, yesterday 17:34; moonset 05:12 (next day), yesterday 04:04 (next day).
• At 05:13 the tithi is Shukla Chaturdashi; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:12) it was Shukla Trayodashi.
• At 05:13 the Moon is in Mrigashira (Krittika at 05:12 yesterday), in Vrishabha (Taurus); the yoga is Shubha (yesterday Sadhya).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 15:33–17:16 on Tuesday (daylight part 7 of 8) to 12:06–13:50 on Wednesday (part 5).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 12:06, 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

• Margashirsha Purnima: Purnima tithi from Wed 23 Dec 2026, 07:18 to Thu 24 Dec 2026, 03:28. This Purnima begins after sunrise and ends before the next sunrise. Observance days depend on regional rules. Purnima 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 Wednesday, Budhavara (Mercury) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:13 to the next sunrise at 05:13 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 13 min.
• Shukla Purnima begins after this sunrise and ends before the next one, so it never names a day (a kshaya tithi).
• The 1 h 43 min day choghadiyas begin with Labh and the 1 h 17 min night choghadiyas with Udveg, as on every Wednesday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 7 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.