Panchang for 16 January 2027, Johannesburg

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shanivara (Saturn)

Sunrise

05:29

Sunset

19:04

Next sunrise

05:30 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 12:59 · Moonset 00:04 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Ashtami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Ashwini, pada 2 (lord Ketu)

Yoga at sunrise

Siddha

Karana at sunrise

Bava

Moon sign at sunrise

Mesha (Aries)

Sun sign at sunrise

Makara (Capricorn)

Rahu Kaal

08:53–10:35 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 07:11–08:53 Shubh good Better
2. 13:59–15:41 Labh good Good
3. 15:41–17:23 Amrit good Best

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:29 to sunset 19:04

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:29–07:11	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
07:11–08:53	Shubh good	Better
08:53–10:35	Rog inauspicious	Bad
10:35–12:17	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
12:17–13:59	Chal neutral	Neutral
13:59–15:41	Labh good	Good
15:41–17:23	Amrit good	Best
17:23–19:04	Kaal inauspicious	Worst

Night: sunset 19:04 to next sunrise 05:30

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
19:04–20:23	Labh good	Good
20:23–21:41	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
21:41–22:59	Shubh good	Better
22:59–00:17	Amrit good	Best
00:17–01:35	Chal neutral	Neutral
01:35–02:54	Rog inauspicious	Bad
02:54–04:12	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
04:12–05:30	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

13:59–15:41 · 05:29–07:11

Abhijit muhurta

11:50–12:44

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:29 (yesterday 05:28), sunset 19:04 (yesterday 19:05), daylight 13 h 35 min (yesterday 13 h 36 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 12:59, yesterday 11:59; moonset 00:04 (next day), yesterday 23:26.
• At 05:29 the tithi is Shukla Ashtami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:28) it was Shukla Saptami.
• At 05:29 the Moon is in Ashwini (Revati at 05:28 yesterday), having moved from Mina (Pisces) into Mesha (Aries); the yoga is Siddha (yesterday Shiva).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 10:34–12:16 on Friday (daylight part 4 of 8) to 08:53–10:35 on Saturday (part 3).

Johannesburg lies at 26.20° S, 28.05° E; local solar noon is at 12:17, with 13 h 35 min of daylight against 11 h 27 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 42 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (54 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)

Uttarayana

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 Saturday, Shanivara (Saturn) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:29 to the next sunrise at 05:30 (next day); the night lasts 10 h 26 min.
• Shukla Ashtami gives way to Shukla Navami at 10:14, 4 h 44 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 42 min day choghadiyas begin with Kaal and the 1 h 18 min night choghadiyas with Labh, as on every Saturday.
• 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.