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Gulika Kalam, Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda today in Patna
12:58 PM – 2:23 PM
The rest of the day is clear of it
Next: Tue 27 Oct, 11:33 AM – 12:58 PM
Gulika Kalam in Patna was from 12:58 PM to 2:23 PM today. It is already over.
Rahu Kaal
7:19 AM – 8:43 AM
Over
Yamaganda Kaal
10:08 AM – 11:33 AM
Over
Sunrise 5:54 AM · Sunset 5:13 PM · Purnima tithi · Ashwini nakshatra
All times are local to Patna, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulika Kaal | 12:58 PM - 2:23 PM | Mixed | Use extra care with new commitments; traditions treat this as a caution period. |
| Rahu Kaal | 7:19 AM - 8:43 AM | Inauspicious | Avoid beginning important work. Work already under way can continue. |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 10:08 AM - 11:33 AM | Inauspicious | Usually avoided for journeys, ceremonies and important new starts. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:11 AM - 11:56 AM | Auspicious | A broadly favourable midday window for important work when a detailed muhurta is unavailable. |
- Against New Delhi. Sunrise in Patna today is at 5:54 AM, 35 minutes earlier than New Delhi (6:29 AM); sunset is at 5:13 PM, 28 minutes earlier than New Delhi (5:41 PM). Longitude: Patna lies 7.9° east of Delhi, so local noon comes 32 minutes sooner (11:33 AM against 12:05 PM). Latitude: Patna lies 3.0° south of Delhi, and from the September equinox to the March one, days run longer the further south you go; today's daylight here is 7 minutes longer (11 hours 19 minutes against 11 hours 13 minutes), which pulls sunrise earlier and pushes sunset later by about 4 minutes each. Today's Gulika Kaal here is 12:58 PM–2:23 PM; New Delhi's is 1:29 PM–2:53 PM. A Delhi table would put Gulika Kaal 30–31 minutes too late here today; use this page's own times.
- How long Gulika Kaal lasts. It is one eighth of the daylight, so 1 hour 25 minutes today. Through 2026 it runs from 1 hour 19 minutes (around 21 December) to 1 hour 43 minutes (around 20 June).
- Local noon. Midway between sunrise and sunset, Patna's noon falls at 11:33 AM today, 27 minutes before 12:00 on the clock. Patna lies 2.6° east of the 82.5° E meridian its clock keeps, which makes noon 11 minutes early; the time of year (the equation of time) takes off 16 minutes today. Abhijit Muhurat is centred on this moment, not on twelve o'clock.
- Day length. Patna has 11 hours 19 minutes of daylight today, against 11 hours 29 minutes a week ago and 11 hours 10 minutes a week from now: the days here are getting shorter by about 9 minutes a week, and will until the shortest day, around 21 December. In 2026 the longest day is 13 hours 45 minutes (around 20 June) and the shortest 10 hours 33 minutes (around 21 December), a swing of 3 hours 12 minutes, less than New Delhi's 3 hours 39 minutes.
- The year's extremes. The earliest sunrise of 2026 is 4:58 AM (around 9 June) and the latest 6:37 AM (around 13 January); the earliest sunset is 4:58 PM (around 30 November) and the latest 6:45 PM (around 2 July). None falls on a solstice: the Sun's clock time drifts through the year, so the latest mornings come weeks after the shortest day.
- The overhead Sun. Patna lies 25.6° north, 2.2° beyond the Tropic of Cancer, so the Sun never stands directly overhead: at its highest, around 21 June, it is 88° above the horizon at noon.
- The calendar here. Bihar counts its lunar months from full moon to full moon (purnimanta), so today is Ashwin Purnima.
- Nearest cities. Varanasi (219 km west) — sunrise 8 minutes later; Ranchi (251 km south) — sunrise 3 minutes earlier.
Gulika Kaal is one eighth of the daylight, fixed by the weekday and measured from your local sunrise — so it falls at a different clock time in every city and moves a little every day. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are the same construction on different segments.
Everything above comes from the same computation behind today's full Panchang, using Swiss Ephemeris positions and your city's actual coordinates rather than a national average.
For what these periods mean and how they are traditionally used — including their limits — read the Gulika Kalam guide. For choosing a time deliberately, see how muhurta is actually chosen.
The slow transits work on a different scale entirely — Saturn and Jupiter change sign in years rather than in hours. Shani Gochar, Guru Gochar, Rahu Ketu Gochar, Sade Sati, Mercury retrograde.
Timing guidance here is a framework for planning, not medical, legal or financial advice. Never delay medical care for a timing window.
Gulika Kalam questions, answered
What time does Gulika Kalam start in Patna today?
The table above starts at sunrise in Patna, which is 5:54 AM today. Every window on this page is measured from that sunrise, so the first period begins there rather than at midnight.
Why is Gulika Kalam different in Patna than in Delhi?
Because the periods are divisions of the time between Patna's own sunrise and sunset, not a national table. Sunrise differs across India by well over an hour, so a time computed for Delhi is wrong in Patna by a meaningful margin.
How many Gulika Kalam periods are there?
4 are listed above for Patna — the full set covering the daylight period this tool divides.
Delhi and every major city on one page: Gulika Kalam today.
These windows are derived from local sunrise, so they differ by city. A time computed for Delhi is wrong in Chennai by a meaningful margin.
For everything else about today in Patna — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows — open the full Panchang for Patna.
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