Sankashti Chaturthi 2026 in South Africa

All 13 Sankashti Chaturthi dates of 2026 for 2 cities in South Africa, computed for each city's own sunrise and moonrise in local time, next to the India date. 3 of them fall on a different day somewhere in South Africa than in India. The tithi column shows the start and end in Johannesburg local time. The vratam day is the day the krishna chaturthi prevails at local moonrise, since the fast ends after sighting the Moon. In Johannesburg the first is on Tuesday 6 January 2026 and the last on Saturday 26 December 2026. The tithi lasts between 20.9 and 26.4 hours this year, so it can miss a sunrise or cover two, which is where dates start to differ between cities. 3 of the Johannesburg dates fall on a weekend: 5 April 2026 (Sun), 1 August 2026 (Sat), 26 December 2026 (Sat). Angarki (Tuesday) Sankashti in Johannesburg: 6 January 2026, 5 May 2026, 29 September 2026. Each city also has its own list with its local tithi times; choose it below. 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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