Naraka Chaturdashi 2026 in South Africa: date and local timings

Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November 2026 in all 2 South Africa cities listed here. In India it is on Sunday 8 November 2026 – the same day. The rule: Ashwayuja bahula chaturdashi at arunodaya (pre-dawn abhyanga snana); vriddhi -> second day. In Johannesburg the arunodaya (the two muhurtas before sunrise) on 8 November 2026 runs 3:47 AM – 5:13 AM local time, and the tithi runs from 7 November 2026 7:18 AM to 8 November 2026 7:58 AM. The table gives the date for each city with the arunodaya window and the tithi in local clock time (daylight saving applied), all computed from the NASA/JPL ephemeris for the city's own sunrise and sunset, never converted from IST. Dates here follow the Telugu (amanta) almanac rules. Many Hindu families in Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa use North-Indian (purnimanta) almanacs, which name the months differently and can differ for some vratams; the main festivals that are fixed by a tithi at a part of the day come out the same.

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