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Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika today in Puducherry
7:30 AM – 8:58 AM
The rest of the day is clear of it
Next: Tue 27 Oct, 2:51 PM – 4:19 PM
Rahu Kaal in Puducherry was from 7:30 AM to 8:58 AM today. It is already over.
Yamaganda Kaal
10:26 AM – 11:55 AM
Over
Gulika Kaal
1:23 PM – 2:51 PM
Over
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Sunrise 6:02 AM · Sunset 5:48 PM · Purnima tithi · Ashwini nakshatra
All times are local to Puducherry, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu Kaal | 7:30 AM - 8:58 AM | Inauspicious | Avoid beginning important work. Work already under way can continue. |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 10:26 AM - 11:55 AM | Inauspicious | Usually avoided for journeys, ceremonies and important new starts. |
| Gulika Kaal | 1:23 PM - 2:51 PM | Mixed | Use extra care with new commitments; traditions treat this as a caution period. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:31 AM - 12:18 PM | Auspicious | A broadly favourable midday window for important work when a detailed muhurta is unavailable. |
Times change with local sunrise, so use the row for the date you are planning.
| Date | Rahu Kaal | Yamaganda | Gulika |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 7:30 AM - 8:58 AM | 10:26 AM - 11:55 AM | 1:23 PM - 2:51 PM |
| 2:51 PM - 4:19 PM | 8:58 AM - 10:26 AM | 11:55 AM - 1:23 PM | |
| 11:54 AM - 1:22 PM | 7:30 AM - 8:58 AM | 10:26 AM - 11:54 AM | |
| 1:22 PM - 2:50 PM | 6:02 AM - 7:30 AM | 8:58 AM - 10:26 AM | |
| 10:26 AM - 11:54 AM | 2:50 PM - 4:18 PM | 7:30 AM - 8:58 AM | |
| 8:58 AM - 10:26 AM | 1:22 PM - 2:50 PM | 6:03 AM - 7:31 AM | |
| 4:18 PM - 5:45 PM | 11:54 AM - 1:22 PM | 2:50 PM - 4:18 PM |
- Against New Delhi. Sunrise in Puducherry today is at 6:02 AM, 27 minutes earlier than New Delhi (6:29 AM); sunset is at 5:48 PM, 7 minutes later than New Delhi (5:41 PM). Longitude: Puducherry lies 2.6° east of Delhi, so local noon comes 10 minutes sooner (11:55 AM against 12:05 PM). Latitude: Puducherry lies 16.7° 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 33 minutes longer (11 hours 46 minutes against 11 hours 13 minutes), which pulls sunrise earlier and pushes sunset later by about 16 minutes each. Today's Rahu Kaal here is 7:30 AM–8:58 AM; New Delhi's is 7:53 AM–9:17 AM. A Delhi table would put Rahu Kaal 19–23 minutes too late here today; use this page's own times.
- How long Rahu Kaal lasts. It is one eighth of the daylight, so 1 hour 28 minutes today. Through 2026 it runs from 1 hour 26 minutes (around 21 December) to 1 hour 36 minutes (around 21 June).
- Local noon. Midway between sunrise and sunset, Puducherry's noon falls at 11:55 AM today, 5 minutes before 12:00 on the clock. Puducherry lies 2.7° west of the 82.5° E meridian its clock keeps, which makes noon 11 minutes late; 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. Puducherry has 11 hours 46 minutes of daylight today, against 11 hours 50 minutes a week ago and 11 hours 42 minutes a week from now: the days here are getting shorter by about 4 minutes a week, and will until the shortest day, around 21 December. In 2026 the longest day is 12 hours 50 minutes (around 21 June) and the shortest 11 hours 26 minutes (around 21 December), a swing of 1 hour 24 minutes, less than New Delhi's 3 hours 39 minutes.
- The year's extremes. The earliest sunrise of 2026 is 5:45 AM (around 31 May) and the latest 6:36 AM (around 25 January); the earliest sunset is 5:43 PM (around 18 November) and the latest 6:40 PM (around 10 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. Puducherry lies 11.9° north of the equator, south of the Tropic of Cancer, so the noon Sun stands directly overhead twice a year: around 21 April and 21 August in 2026. On those two days an upright pole casts almost no shadow at local noon.
- The calendar here. Puducherry keeps a solar calendar: today is day 9 of Aippasi in the Tamil calendar. The lunar day is Purnima, in the month of Ashwin.
- Nearest cities. Chennai (136 km north) — sunrise 1 minute earlier; Tiruchirappalli (177 km south-west) — sunrise 3 minutes later.
| City | Rahu Kaal | Yamaganda | Gulika |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | 7:53 AM – 9:17 AM | 10:41 AM – 12:05 PM | 1:29 PM – 2:53 PM |
| Mumbai | 8:03 AM – 9:29 AM | 10:56 AM – 12:22 PM | 1:49 PM – 3:15 PM |
| Kolkata | 7:03 AM – 8:29 AM | 9:55 AM – 11:20 AM | 12:46 PM – 2:12 PM |
| Chennai | 7:29 AM – 8:57 AM | 10:25 AM – 11:53 AM | 1:21 PM – 2:49 PM |
| Bengaluru | 7:40 AM – 9:08 AM | 10:36 AM – 12:04 PM | 1:32 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Hyderabad | 7:39 AM – 9:06 AM | 10:33 AM – 12:00 PM | 1:27 PM – 2:54 PM |
| Ahmedabad | 8:07 AM – 9:32 AM | 10:58 AM – 12:24 PM | 1:49 PM – 3:15 PM |
| Pune | 7:58 AM – 9:25 AM | 10:52 AM – 12:18 PM | 1:45 PM – 3:12 PM |
| Jaipur | 7:57 AM – 9:22 AM | 10:46 AM – 12:11 PM | 1:35 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Lucknow | 7:36 AM – 9:01 AM | 10:25 AM – 11:50 AM | 1:15 PM – 2:39 PM |
Three caution periods are calculated by dividing the time between sunrise and sunset into eight equal parts. They shift with your local sunrise, so they are different in every city and different every day.
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 Rahu Kaal 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.
Rahu Kaal questions, answered
What time does Rahu Kaal start in Puducherry today?
The table above starts at sunrise in Puducherry, which is 6:02 AM today. Every window on this page is measured from that sunrise, so the first period begins there rather than at midnight.
Why is Rahu Kaal different in Puducherry than in Delhi?
Because the periods are divisions of the time between Puducherry'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 Puducherry by a meaningful margin.
How many Rahu Kaal periods are there?
4 are listed above for Puducherry — the full set covering the daylight period this tool divides.
Delhi and every major city on one page: Rahu 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 Puducherry — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows — open the full Panchang for Puducherry.
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