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Rahu Kaal Today: Rahu Kalam Timings for Your City
Calculate local Rahu Kalam timings from sunrise and sunset, with Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal and the next seven dates.
Rahu Kaal Today: Rahu Kalam Timings for Your City: Rahu Kaal is one of eight equal parts of local daylight, selected by a weekday table. This tool calculates it from your city's sunrise and sunset rather than assuming a twelve-hour day. It also shows Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal and Abhijit Muhurat, with a seven-day Rahu Kaal table for comparison. The period labels describe calendar tradition. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
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A sunrise-to-sunrise Hindu calendar, calculated for your location.
Detected time zone: ; choose your city for local times.
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Choose a date and city to see the daily calculation.
Sunrise and sunset use the Sun's upper limb with standard refraction, represented by a solar-centre altitude of −0.833° at sea level; terrain is not included.
Calendar names and weekday tables
The five limbs of Panchang are vara, tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana; all daily times are shown in the selected place's time zone.
| Vara | Rahu | Yamaganda | Gulika |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravivara | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Somavara | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Mangalavara | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Budhavara | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Guruvara | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Shukravara | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Shanivara | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Astronomical method and verification
Tithi uses geocentric Moon–Sun elongation in 12° steps; karana uses 6° steps. Nakshatra uses the Moon's Lahiri sidereal longitude and yoga uses the sum of sidereal Sun and Moon longitudes, both in steps of 13°20′. The day begins at sunrise and includes every transition before the next sunrise.
The Lahiri positions are checked against Swiss Ephemeris (https://www.astro.com/swisseph/swephinfo_e.htm); its reference calculations provide an independent comparison. Sunrise and sunset use a fixed −0.833° geometric solar-centre altitude at sea level, representing the upper limb with standard refraction; hills, buildings and local weather are not modelled.
The MIT-licensed Astronomy Engine (https://github.com/cosinekitty/astronomy) supplies the astronomical positions. Calendar times are calculated locally in the browser; no Swiss Ephemeris code or data is distributed with this tool.
Calendar names and traditional tables
The Indian Calendar by Sewell and Dikshit (1896), a public-domain reference available through the Internet Archive catalogue (https://archive.org/details/indiancalendarwi00sewe), describes tithis, nakshatras, yogas, karanas and lunar months. The Positional Astronomy Centre (https://positionalastronomycentre.wordpress.com/) publishes the Rashtriya Panchang and background on Indian calendars.
Sunday-to-Saturday daylight eighths are Rahu 8, 2, 7, 5, 6, 4, 3; Yamaganda 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 7, 6; and Gulika 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Abhijit is the eighth of fifteen equal daylight parts and is traditionally not observed on Wednesday.
Day Choghadiya cycles through Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh and Rog; the Sunday-to-Saturday starting names are Udveg, Amrit, Rog, Labh, Shubh, Char and Kaal. Night cycles through Shubh, Amrit, Char, Rog, Kaal, Labh and Udveg, starting with Shubh, Char, Kaal, Udveg, Amrit, Rog and Labh. These are traditional labels, not predictions or decision advice.
Amanta months are named from the Sun's sidereal sign at the preceding new moon; no solar-sign ingress between consecutive new moons makes an adhika month. For Purnimanta, the waning fortnight takes the following Amanta month's name; the adhika interval remains new moon to new moon in both systems. Chaitradi Vikram and lunar Shaka years start at Chaitra Shukla Pratipada: the Gregorian year plus 57 and minus 78 after that start, with one subtracted before it. Kartikadi and the Indian national solar Shaka calendar use different year starts.
City coordinates and IANA zones use the site's GeoNames city data (https://www.geonames.org/), available under CC BY 4.0. New Delhi and Mumbai quick picks use the site's daylight-tool coordinates; custom coordinates are also supported.
How to use it
- Choose the city where you want the local timings.
- Read Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika for the chosen date.
- Compare the seven-day Rahu Kaal table or save a Panchang card.
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City, date and time calculations stay in your browser. Your city is remembered only on this device, and images are generated locally.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika?
They are traditional daytime periods found by dividing sunrise to sunset into eight equal parts and choosing an eighth for each weekday. They are traditionally considered inauspicious. This page reports those labels as calendar tradition, without predicting outcomes or advising decisions.
How is Rahu Kaal calculated for each weekday?
Count daylight eighths from sunrise. Rahu Kaal is the second on Monday, seventh on Tuesday, fifth on Wednesday, sixth on Thursday, fourth on Friday, third on Saturday and eighth on Sunday. Its duration changes with the length of local daylight.
Why do times differ by city?
Sunrise and sunset depend on latitude and longitude, and the clock display depends on the city's time zone. Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya are fractions of that local daylight or night. Lunar transitions happen at the same instant worldwide, but the tithi at sunrise can differ between cities.
Which sunrise convention does this use?
Sunrise and sunset use the Sun's upper limb with standard refraction, represented by a fixed solar-centre altitude of −0.833° at sea level. The Panchang day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise; a time after midnight is marked +1 day. Terrain and changing weather can alter an observed sunrise.
What is the difference between Amanta and Purnimanta?
Amanta months end at new moon; Purnimanta months end at full moon. During the waning fortnight this page gives the following Amanta month's name for Purnimanta; the adhika interval remains new moon to new moon in both systems. The era years shown use Chaitra Shukla Pratipada as New Year; regional calendars may use another year start.
Is Panchang a scientific prediction?
The Sun and Moon positions and time divisions are astronomical calculations. Names and auspiciousness labels belong to a cultural calendar; they do not predict events or provide advice about decisions.
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