Most Vedic apps show the same Rahu Kaal for all of India, calculated from a generic IST formula. But Rahu Kaal is 1/8th of the actual daytime from today's sunrise at your location. Delhi (77.2°E) sunrise is 21 min later than the IST standard meridian (82.5°E), and 44 min earlier than Mumbai. CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Delhi's coordinates (28.613900°N, 77.209000°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Rahu Kaal is the roughly 90-minute window each day ruled by the shadow planet Rahu, traditionally avoided for starting anything new, travel, deals, purchases, or ceremonies. It is the eighth part of the daytime (sunrise to sunset), and which part it falls in is fixed by the weekday, so the clock time shifts daily and by city.
Delhi is India's capital and one of the world's oldest inhabited cities, home to the Akshardhram temple on the Yamuna, the ancient Yogmaya temple in Mehrauli, and thousands of neighbourhood mandirs. For Delhi's residents, checking Rahu Kaal before signing property documents, starting a new business, or planning travel is as routine as checking the weather.
During Rahu Kaal, residents of Delhi are advised to hold off on starting anything that carries long-term consequences. Launching a new business, signing contracts or property agreements, taking out a loan, or purchasing a vehicle are all better scheduled outside this window. Important journeys and wedding ceremonies should also avoid this period, as beginnings made under Rahu Kaal tend to carry hidden obstacles or unexpected reversals down the line.
If you are already midway through a task, there is no need to pause, as continuing existing work is perfectly fine during this time. Rahu Kaal is actually considered favorable for prayer, mantra chanting, and especially for Rahu-specific remedies such as reciting the Rahu beej mantra or making offerings to propitiate the planet. Quiet activities like reading, planning, studying, and handling routine household or office chores flow smoothly during this window. Think of it less as a time to avoid entirely and more as a time to turn inward and prepare.
India uses a single timezone (IST, UTC+5:30) across 30° of longitude. But sunrise follows the sun, not the clock, every 1° of longitude, 4 minutes difference. Kolkata’s sunrise is 80 minutes earlier than Mumbai’s on the same IST day, so Rahu Kaal falls at genuinely different times in each city.
This Rahu Kaal page is just the start. The CosmosPandit app gives every Indian the full Vedic astrology toolkit, in their own language, with timings precise for their city:
Very close but not identical. Noida (77.31°E) and Gurgaon (77.03°E) have slightly different longitudes from Delhi (77.21°E), which creates 1–2 minute sunrise differences. The CosmosPandit app lets you set your exact city for precise timings.
Rahu Kaal in Delhi changes every day based on the actual sunrise. On a summer day (June), sunrise around 5:27 AM means Rahu Kaal typically falls between 7–9 AM depending on the weekday. In winter (December), sunrise around 7:11 AM shifts all timings by nearly 2 hours. Use the live widget above for today's exact time.
Yes. Download CosmosPandit, set your city to Delhi, and you'll receive a push notification at 7 AM Delhi time every morning with the day's Rahu Kaal, Panchang, and Rashifal in Hindi or your chosen language.
Astronomically precise Rahu Kaal timings for 25 major Indian cities.