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Rahu Kalam & Kala Times
Today's Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam for your city - plus the auspicious Abhijit and Brahma muhurta and the full day/night Choghadiya. No login.
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Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam are the three inauspicious daily windows of Vedic timekeeping. They are not fixed clock times - they are computed from the local sunrise and sunset, so they shift with your city and the date. Avoiding them for new or important undertakings is one of the most widely followed timing practices across India.
Sivayan computes them from precise sunrise/sunset (Swiss Ephemeris) for any place and date, alongside the auspicious Abhijit and Brahma muhurta and the eight-fold Choghadiya - so you can plan around them at a glance.
What you get
Rahu Kalam
The ~90-minute Rahu window for your date and city, from local sunrise/sunset.
Yamagandam
The Yama daily inauspicious window - avoid for new beginnings.
Gulika Kalam
The Gulika (Mandi) window; some traditions consider acts begun here recur.
Abhijit Muhurta
The most auspicious daily window around solar noon.
Brahma Muhurta
The pre-dawn spiritual window, ideal for practice and study.
Choghadiya
The eight day and eight night segments - Amrit, Shubh, Labh and the rest.
Common questions
No. It is derived from sunrise and sunset, which vary by date and location, so the exact clock time changes day to day and city to city.
Roughly an eighth of the daytime - about 90 minutes when day and night are equal, varying with the length of daylight.
Traditionally, starting important new ventures, journeys, or auspicious ceremonies. Routine and ongoing work is considered unaffected.
A division of day and night into eight parts each, labelled Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Rog and Kaal - used to pick favourable windows.