Rahu kaal
Rahu kaal in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 25 Oct 2026
Rahu kaal is one eighth of the daylight, at a different place in the day for each weekday. Because it is a share of THIS town's daylight, it moves with the sunrise and sunset and differs from town to town.
Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)
Times to avoid, and the good midday time
- Sunrise 06:11
- Sunset 17:55
- Traditionally avoided
- Traditionally favoured
Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)
| Period | From | To | What the old texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 06:11 | — | |
| Sunset | 17:55 | — | |
| Rahu kaal | 16:27 | 17:55 | About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it. |
| Gulika | 14:59 | 16:27 | Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal. |
| Yamaganda | 12:03 | 13:31 | Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday. |
| Abhijit | 11:40 | 12:27 | The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays. |
| Brahma muhurta | 04:33 | 05:22 | Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study. |
| Pratah sandhya | 04:57 | 06:11 | The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers. |
| Vijaya muhurta | 14:01 | 14:47 | Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted. |
| Godhuli muhurta | 17:55 | 18:20 | Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions. |
| Sayahna sandhya | 17:55 | 19:09 | The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers. |
| Nishita muhurta | 23:39 | 00:28 26 Oct 2026 |
The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri. |
| Dur muhurta | 16:21 | 17:08 | Avoided for auspicious beginnings. |
| Amrit kalam | 17:05 | 18:36 | About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day. |
| Varjyam | 07:57 | 09:28 | About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam. |
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