With this win, India also kept their unbeaten record intact at the Wanderers. It was their second victory in five Tests with the other three being draws.
Match officials stopped play in the third and final Test between South Africa and India on Friday in a rare move over the possibility that the pitch at the Wanderers was too dangerous for batsmen.
Kohli held together India's innings with a classy unbeaten 85 off 130 balls along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya (11 not out) at the crease. India reached 183/5 in 61 overs in their first innings at stumps in reply to South Africa's 335 all out.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin snared three crucial wickets as the visitors fought back after the duo of Hashim Amla (82) and Aiden Markram (94) batted resolutely for the hosts.
Chasing an improbable 410, a defiant Sri Lanka rode on Dhananjaya de Silva's third Test century and debutant Roshen Silva's unbeaten half-century to score 299/5, before both the captains decided to settle for the draw.
Dinesh Chandimal withstood air pollution ranging into hazardous levels as he batted through the day Monday to post his 10th test century and help Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on in the third Test against India.
India skipper Virat Kohli hit a career-best 243 even as play was halted on the request of visitors in the post-lunch session due to poor air quality on the second day of the third Test in Delhi on Sunday.
Riding on a 283-run third wicket stand between Murali Vijay (155) and Virat Kohli (156 not out), the hosts dominated the day 1 of third Test before chinaman Lakshan Sandakan's twin strikes helped Sri Lanka recover.
Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Dennis Lillee to become the fastest bowler to capture 300 Test wickets as he helped India thrash Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to win the second Test in Nagpur on Monday.
India's top-order batsmen Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Puajra smashes centuries and knitted a mammoth 209-run stand for the second wicket to help hosts dominate Sri Lanka on day 2 of the second Test in Nagpur on Saturday.
Virat Kohli authored a captain's knock of unbeaten 104 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned spectacular figures of 11-8-8-4 as India narrowly missed a spectacular win in the first Test against Sri Lanka which ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens.
Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh Rahul made mincemeat of the Sri Lankan bowling attack to help India take a 49 run-lead and end the fourth day at 171/1 in 2nd innings at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Incessant rain has washed out the last two sessions of day two of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka as hosts struggled at 74/5 before rain stopped play.
Sri Lanka pacer Suranga Lakmal wrecked the high-profile Indian top-order in overcast conditions to leave the hosts reeling at 17 for three on a rain-affected day one of the first Test in Kolkata on Thursday.
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