Panchang for 8 January 2027, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shukravara (Venus)

Sunrise

05:23

Sunset

19:04

Next sunrise

05:24 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 05:38 · Moonset 19:43

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Pratipada

Nakshatra at sunrise

Purva Ashadha, pada 4 (lord Venus)

Yoga at sunrise

Vyaghata

Karana at sunrise

Kimstughna

Moon sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

10:31–12:14 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 07:06–08:48 Labh good Good
2. 08:48–10:31 Amrit good Best
3. 12:14–13:56 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:23 to sunset 19:04

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:23–07:06	Chal neutral	Neutral
07:06–08:48	Labh good	Good
08:48–10:31	Amrit good	Best
10:31–12:14	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
12:14–13:56	Shubh good	Better
13:56–15:39	Rog inauspicious	Bad
15:39–17:22	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
17:22–19:04	Chal neutral	Neutral

Night: sunset 19:04 to next sunrise 05:24

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
19:04–20:22	Rog inauspicious	Bad
20:22–21:39	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
21:39–22:57	Labh good	Good
22:57–00:14	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
00:14–01:32	Shubh good	Better
01:32–02:49	Amrit good	Best
02:49–04:06	Chal neutral	Neutral
04:06–05:24	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

15:39–17:22 · 07:06–08:48

Abhijit muhurta

11:46–12:41

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:23 (yesterday 05:22), sunset 19:04 (yesterday 19:04), daylight 13 h 41 min (yesterday 13 h 42 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 05:38, yesterday none; moonset 19:43, yesterday 19:02.
• At 05:23 the tithi is Shukla Pratipada; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:22) it was Krishna Amavasya.
• The Moon is still in Purva Ashadha at 05:23, in Dhanu (Sagittarius); the yoga is Vyaghata (yesterday Dhruva).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 13:56–15:39 on Thursday (daylight part 6 of 8) to 10:31–12:14 on Friday (part 4).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 12:14, with 13 h 41 min of daylight against 11 h 24 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

Pausha

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 Friday, Shukravara (Venus) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:23 to the next sunrise at 05:24 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 19 min.
• Shukla Pratipada gives way to Shukla Dvitiya at 01:04 (next day), 19 h 41 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 January 2027
• 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.