· Africa/Johannesburg
Today, Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the Vedic panchang in Cape Town, Western Cape runs from sunrise at 7:23 AM to sunset at 6:19 PM — a 10h 55m daylight window in Africa/Johannesburg with a first quarter. The tithi is Shashthi, the moon sits in Swati nakshatra, and Leo is the rising sign (lagna) at sunrise in Cape Town.
Major festival dates for Cape Town
How each element shifts across the day — from midnight to midnight in local time.
The rising sign at the eastern horizon shifts through the zodiac roughly every two hours. This step line holds each lagna until the next transition.
A kundli tells you the sky at your exact moment of birth — down to the minute. For personal predictions, your own birth chart matters more than any city's panchang.
Daylight and moon visibility across the day.
Auspicious and inauspicious windows for Cape Town today, computed from local sunrise and sunset.
Panchang varies by latitude, longitude, and timezone. Sunrise alone can differ by 20+ minutes between nearby cities.
Panchang shows the sky today. Your Varshaphal report maps your whole year ahead — solar-return chart, key periods, and a month-by-month outlook — as a PDF plus a guided video.
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Panchang for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · lat -33.9258, lon 18.4232