Panchang for 28 December 2026, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Somavara (Moon)

Sunrise

05:16

Sunset

19:02

Next sunrise

05:16 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonset 09:51 · Moonrise 22:43

Tithi at sunrise

Krishna Panchami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Magha, pada 3 (lord Ketu)

Yoga at sunrise

Priti

Karana at sunrise

Taitila

Moon sign at sunrise

Simha (Leo)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

06:59–08:42 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 05:16–06:59 Amrit good Best
2. 08:42–10:25 Shubh good Better
3. 15:35–17:19 Labh good Good
4. 17:19–19:02 Amrit good Best

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:16 to sunset 19:02

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:16–06:59	Amrit good	Best
06:59–08:42	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
08:42–10:25	Shubh good	Better
10:25–12:09	Rog inauspicious	Bad
12:09–13:52	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
13:52–15:35	Chal neutral	Neutral
15:35–17:19	Labh good	Good
17:19–19:02	Amrit good	Best

Night: sunset 19:02 to next sunrise 05:16

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
19:02–20:19	Chal neutral	Neutral
20:19–21:35	Rog inauspicious	Bad
21:35–22:52	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
22:52–00:09	Labh good	Good
00:09–01:26	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
01:26–02:43	Shubh good	Better
02:43–03:59	Amrit good	Best
03:59–05:16	Chal neutral	Neutral

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

10:25–12:09 · 13:52–15:35

Abhijit muhurta

11:41–12:36

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:16 (yesterday 05:15), sunset 19:02 (yesterday 19:02), daylight 13 h 46 min (yesterday 13 h 47 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 22:43, yesterday 22:08; moonset 09:51, yesterday 08:47.
• At 05:16 the tithi is Krishna Panchami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:15) it was Krishna Chaturthi.
• At 05:16 the Moon is in Magha (Ashlesha at 05:15 yesterday), having moved from Karka (Cancer) into Simha (Leo); the yoga is Priti (yesterday Vishkambha).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 17:18–19:02 on Sunday (daylight part 8 of 8) to 06:59–08:42 on Monday (part 2).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 12:09, with 13 h 46 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

Krishna paksha (waning Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Pausha

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 Monday, Somavara (Moon) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:16 to the next sunrise at 05:16 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 14 min.
• Krishna Panchami gives way to Krishna Shashthi at 11:29, 6 h 13 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 43 min day choghadiyas begin with Amrit and the 1 h 17 min night choghadiyas with Chal, as on every Monday.
• 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.