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Rahu Kaal Today — Computed for Your City, Not Copied from a Table
Rahu Kaal is the eighth part of the daylight period, and which eighth depends on the day of the week. Because it divides your own sunrise-to-sunset, the clock times differ by city and season — the calculator above computes it for your location.
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Rahu Kaal today in the US, Canada, UK and Australia
For Friday 16 October 2026, in each city's local time:
| City | Sunrise | Rahu Kaal |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:09 AM | 11:19 AM to 12:42 PM |
| Chicago | 7:04 AM | 11:14 AM to 12:37 PM |
| Houston | 7:24 AM | 11:42 AM to 1:08 PM |
| San Jose (Bay Area) | 7:17 AM | 11:29 AM to 12:54 PM |
| Toronto | 7:33 AM | 11:41 AM to 1:04 PM |
| London | 7:26 AM | 11:26 AM to 12:47 PM |
| Sydney | 6:14 AM | 11:04 AM to 12:41 PM |
Also called: rahu kalam today · rahu kaal timing · rahu kaal by city · daily rahu kaal window
Most "Rahu Kaal today" tables online are copied for one city and reused everywhere. That is astronomically wrong: Rahu Kaal is the weekday-fixed one-eighth segment of the actual daylight between your city's sunrise and sunset — so Kochi and Amritsar can differ by half an hour on the same date. This tool computes the Sun's rise and set for the city and date you pick (standard solar equations, IST) and derives Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal and the auspicious Abhijit Muhurat from it — the same first step Dr. R.P. Sharma's desk applies before fixing any muhurat.
Reading it is simple: burgundy-tinted bands are the windows to avoid beginning important work in; the gold band (Abhijit, skipped on Wednesdays by tradition) is a dependable daily window when no better electional muhurat is available. The band marked now is live for today.
Rahu Kaal by weekday
Rahu Kaal is the eighth part of the daylight period, and which eighth it falls on is fixed by the day of the week. Because it divides YOUR sunrise-to-sunset, the clock times differ by city and by season — the calculator above computes it for your location.
| Day | Which eighth of daylight | Roughly (for a 6am–6pm day) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 2nd | 07:30 – 09:00 |
| Tuesday | 7th | 15:00 – 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 5th | 12:00 – 13:30 |
| Thursday | 6th | 13:30 – 15:00 |
| Friday | 4th | 10:30 – 12:00 |
| Saturday | 3rd | 09:00 – 10:30 |
| Sunday | 8th | 16:30 – 18:00 |
Planning a journey? Along with Rahu Kaal, the tradition checks the day's Dishashool, the direction to avoid, and the hora of the departure.
Worked example: Rahu Kaal in New Delhi on Monday 5 October 2026
Sunrise in New Delhi is at 6:17 am and sunset at 6:01 pm, a day of 705 minutes. Divided into eight equal parts, each part is 88 minutes long. On a Monday, Rahu Kaal is the second part, so it runs from 7:45 am to 9:13 am. The same arithmetic with your own city's sunrise and sunset gives your Rahu Kaal; the calculator above does it for any city and date.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam today
Rahu Kaal is written Rahu Kalam or Raahu Kaalam in the South; Yamagandam is also Yamaganda Kalam; Gulika Kalam is also Gulikai. All three are one-eighth of the day between sunrise and sunset, a different eighth for each weekday. Rahu Kalam is avoided for new beginnings, Yamagandam for travel and important work, while Gulika Kalam is traditionally good for things you want to repeat and avoided for funerals.
How this is calculated
Sunrise and sunset are computed for the latitude and longitude of the city you choose, and the day and night are divided by the classical rule for each period. Tithi and nakshatra come from the Moon's and Sun's positions on the Swiss Ephemeris, with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa for sidereal values. Method reviewed by Dr. R.P. Sharma, Ph.D. and Acharya in Phalit Jyotish, practising Vedic astrology since 1979.
Last verified: 28 September 2026, against the Swiss Ephemeris and the nightly tool test.
Frequently asked questions
What is Rahu Kaal and why does it change by city?
Rahu Kaal is one-eighth of the actual daylight, positioned by weekday (e.g. 4th segment on Friday, 8th on Sunday). Since sunrise and sunset shift with latitude, longitude and season, the window genuinely differs city to city and day to day — which is why this tool computes it instead of copying a table.
Which activities are avoided in Rahu Kaal?
Tradition avoids beginning new ventures, journeys, purchases or ceremonies in Rahu Kaal. Routine ongoing work is not stopped. Yamaganda and Gulika are treated similarly by careful electional astrologers.
What is Abhijit Muhurat?
The 15th muhurta of the day — roughly 24 minutes either side of local solar noon. It is widely used as a reliable daily window for auspicious starts, except on Wednesdays, when tradition sets it aside.
Is Rahu Kaal the same as an inauspicious day?
No. It is a short daily window, not a verdict on the whole day. For genuinely important dates — marriage, griha pravesh, business launch — a full muhurat should be fixed from the panchang and your own kundli.
What time is rahu kaal today in my city?
Select your city above — the tool computes today's exact rahu kaal window from local sunrise and sunset, for any city worldwide, free.
Why does rahu kaal differ city to city?
It is one-eighth of the daytime, positioned by weekday — since sunrise and sunset vary by location and season, the window shifts with your city.
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