Rahu Kaal

Rāhu Kāl is the inauspicious window of approximately 90 minutes each day, classically associated with Rāhu — the north lunar node — and avoided for starting new ventures, signing contracts, or undertaking journeys. The window shifts each day of the week and depends on your local sunrise and sunset.

What This Reading Tells You

• •Today’s Rāhu Kāl window at your location, in hours and minutes.
• •Today’s Yamaganda window — a secondary inauspicious period.
• •Today’s Gulika Kāl window — a third classical inauspicious period.
• •Sunrise and sunset times that anchor the calculation.

Classical Tradition

The Rāhu Kāl framework comes from the classical muhūrta tradition (timing-science), notably the Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi. Each weekday has Rāhu Kāl in a specific 1/8th of the daylight period. The calculation depends entirely on local sunrise/sunset, which is why latitude and longitude matter.

How We Compute It

We compute the local sunrise and sunset for your date and location from the Swiss Ephemeris, divide the daylight period into eight equal parts, and select the specific part assigned to that weekday per the classical table.

How To Read The Result

Rāhu Kāl is treated traditionally — many Indian families consult it before starting anything significant. Modern practice ranges from strict observance to gentle awareness. We compute it precisely; how seriously to take it is a personal decision.