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Rahu Kalam Today

Rahu Kalam (rahu kaal) is the one-eighth of the daytime ruled by Rahu — a daily inauspicious window during which tradition avoids starting anything new. Its exact time depends on your city's sunrise and sunset: the live window below updates every day.

Today's Rahu Kalam in Mumbai

Showing Mumbai based on your location. Every city has its own window — pick yours from the list further down.

Rahu Kalam

07:50 – 09:28

Inauspicious

Later today — starts at 07:50

Yamaganda

11:06 – 12:45

Inauspicious

Yamaganda — Yama's portion of the day — runs from 11:06 to 12:45 in Mumbai today. It follows its own weekday sequence over the same eight parts of the daytime and is likewise avoided for beginnings, journeys above all.

Gulika Kalam

14:23 – 16:02

Inauspicious

Gulika Kalam — the portion of Gulika (Mandi), Saturn's offspring — runs from 14:23 to 16:02 today. Classical texts hold that what is begun under Gulika tends to repeat itself, so it is kept clear of solemn one-time acts.

Full Rahu Kalam page for Mumbai →

Rahu Kalam by weekday — the classical chart

Reference chart for a 06:00–18:00 day: the daytime splits into eight parts of 90 minutes, and each weekday assigns one part to Rahu Kalam, with sibling windows for Yamaganda and Gulika Kalam. Actual times shift every day with your city's real sunrise and sunset — open your city's page for exact timings.

WeekdayRahu KalamYamagandaGulika Kalam
Sunday16:30 – 18:0012:00 – 13:3015:00 – 16:30
Monday07:30 – 09:0010:30 – 12:0013:30 – 15:00
Tuesday15:00 – 16:3009:00 – 10:3012:00 – 13:30
Wednesday12:00 – 13:3007:30 – 09:0010:30 – 12:00
Thursday13:30 – 15:0006:00 – 07:3009:00 – 10:30
Friday10:30 – 12:0015:00 – 16:3007:30 – 09:00
Saturday09:00 – 10:3013:30 – 15:0006:00 – 07:30

What is Rahu Kalam?

Rahu Kalam — also written rahu kaal, rahukalam or rahu kala — is the portion of each day ruled by Rahu, the shadow graha (the north lunar node). Rahu has no physical body, and in the muhurta tradition the time it governs is treated as unstable: whatever is begun under it is said to inherit that instability. It is therefore a daily avoidance window, not a fearful one — the day's other windows, from the auspicious choghadiyas to Abhijit Muhurat, remain fully usable. Rahu Kalam observance is strongest in South Indian practice, but panchangs across India print it, and most families at least keep journeys and big beginnings out of it.

How Rahu Kalam is calculated

Take the span from local sunrise to local sunset — the dinamana — and divide it into eight equal parts. One of those eight parts belongs to Rahu, and which part it is depends only on the weekday. Because the calculation is anchored to the real sunrise and sunset of a place, the window is never a fixed clock time: a Delhi winter Monday and a Delhi summer Monday give different spans, and Delhi and Mumbai differ on the same day. Any table that prints one fixed time for all cities is an approximation of the 06:00–18:00 reference day — useful for remembering the pattern, not for actually timing your work.

The weekday pattern behind the chart

The part given to Rahu follows a fixed weekly sequence: the 8th part on Sunday, 2nd on Monday, 7th on Tuesday, 5th on Wednesday, 6th on Thursday, 4th on Friday and 3rd on Saturday. On the reference day this yields the familiar times — 07:30–09:00 on Monday, 15:00–16:30 on Tuesday, 12:00–13:30 on Wednesday, 13:30–15:00 on Thursday, 10:30–12:00 on Friday, 09:00–10:30 on Saturday and 16:30–18:00 on Sunday. Notice that Rahu Kalam never falls in the first part of the day: the earliest it can begin is the second part, mid-morning.

What to avoid during Rahu Kalam — and what is fine

Tradition keeps new beginnings out of Rahu Kalam: starting a journey, opening a shop or venture, signing important papers, large purchases, housewarming, and auspicious ceremonies. Work already in progress is not interrupted — continuing a task, routine office work, meals and rest carry no restriction. Worship is not barred either; in fact South Indian practice specifically favours Durga and Kali worship during this window. If something urgent must begin in Rahu Kalam, the tradition's own answer is to keep it minimal and formally begin — muhurta-wise — once the window ends.

Yamaganda and Gulika Kalam — the sibling windows

The same eight-part division of the daytime yields two more weekday-sequenced windows. Yamaganda, the part assigned to Yama, is avoided in particular for journeys and for work meant to grow — classical usage links it with endings. Gulika Kalam belongs to Gulika (Mandi), Saturn's portion: texts hold that what is begun in Gulika repeats itself, so it is deliberately avoided for one-time solemn acts and for anything you would not want to recur. Every Rahu Kalam city page on this site lists both windows alongside the main one, computed from the same sunrise and sunset.

Frequently asked questions

What time is Rahu Kalam today?
It depends on where you are: the window is one-eighth of the span between your city's sunrise and sunset, so the clock time differs from city to city and drifts through the year. The page above shows today's live window for the detected city — open your own city's page for its exact timings.
Is Rahu Kalam the same time every day?
No. Each weekday assigns a different eighth of the daytime to Rahu — the 2nd part on Monday, the 8th on Sunday — and even for the same weekday the clock time shifts as sunrise and sunset move through the seasons.
What should not be done during Rahu Kalam?
Avoid beginnings: starting journeys, launching ventures, signing major papers, big purchases, and auspicious ceremonies. Routine work already underway continues normally, and worship is not restricted.
Is Rahu Kalam observed everywhere?
Observance is strongest in South India, where daily panchangs treat it as the primary avoidance window; across the rest of India it is widely printed and at least journeys and inaugurations are commonly kept out of it. Practice varies by family and region.

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Rahu Kalam by city

Rahu Kalam is anchored to the local sunrise and sunset, so the same weekday carries a different window in every city. Open your city for today's exact rahu kaal time.

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