Rahu Kaal
Today's Rahu Kaal window for your city — the inauspicious 90-minute period ruled by Rahu, computed from real sunrise and sunset.
Step by step
- 1Select your city or allow location detection.
- 2Rahu Kaal displays with start and end times in your local zone.
- 3Cross-check the day-of-week — Rahu Kaal shifts by a fixed slot each day.
- 4Reschedule new initiatives outside the shown window.
- 5Bookmark for daily reference — the window recomputes automatically.
Why devotees love this
- Avoid starting new ventures, travel or auspicious work during Rahu Kaal.
- Sunrise-based calculation is more accurate than fixed clock-time tables.
- One-tap access to same-day Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal for full inauspicious set.
- Adjusts for daylight saving, latitude and long summer days automatically.
When people use Rahu Kaal
- 1Choosing a safe time to sign contracts or start a new business.
- 2Planning long-distance travel — many families avoid departing during Rahu Kaal.
- 3Timing a puja sankalpa — sankalpa is traditionally avoided in Rahu Kaal.
- 4Scheduling job interviews, first-day joinings or vehicle purchase pickup.
Avoid these
- Using a generic 4:30–6:00 PM slot without checking the day and city.
- Assuming Rahu Kaal is the same across India — it depends on your sunrise.
- Extending the caution beyond the 90-minute window (it is exactly one-eighth of daytime).
- Applying Rahu Kaal to ongoing work — traditionally it only affects new initiations.
Sample outputs from Rahu Kaal
Rahu Kaal calculation
Daytime (sunrise → sunset) is divided into 8 equal parts. Rahu Kaal is the 8th part on Sunday, 2nd on Monday, 7th on Tuesday, 5th on Wednesday, 6th on Thursday, 4th on Friday, 3rd on Saturday. The window length is 1/8 of your daytime — longer in summer, shorter in winter.
Independently validated
Sunrise/sunset accurate to ±30 seconds using standard atmospheric refraction. Window boundaries match traditional almanacs to the second.
Your data stays with you
City preference stays in localStorage. No location request is sent to our servers.
Frequently asked questions
The order follows a fixed weekly sequence tied to the 7 planetary lords — each weekday has its own slot number in the 8-part day.
Traditional acharyas allow ongoing daily puja, but avoid sankalpa, homa-arambha or naming ceremonies during the window.
Classical panchangs define Rahu Kaal for daytime only. Some traditions also list a night-time Rahu Kaal — we show the classical daytime window.
Yes — it is astronomical, not calendrical. On festival days, most families still avoid the window for new work.
Both use the 8-part daytime division but with different weekday-to-slot mappings and different scriptural meanings.
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