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Yamagandam, Rahu Kaal and Gulika today in Amritsar
10:51 AM – 12:14 PM
The rest of the day is clear of it
Next: Tue 27 Oct, 9:28 AM – 10:51 AM
Yamagandam in Amritsar was from 10:51 AM to 12:14 PM today. It is already over.
Rahu Kaal
8:05 AM – 9:28 AM
Over
Gulika Kaal
1:38 PM – 3:01 PM
Over
Sunrise 6:41 AM · Sunset 5:47 PM · Purnima tithi · Ashwini nakshatra
All times are local to Amritsar, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaganda Kaal | 10:51 AM - 12:14 PM | Inauspicious | Usually avoided for journeys, ceremonies and important new starts. |
| Rahu Kaal | 8:05 AM - 9:28 AM | Inauspicious | Avoid beginning important work. Work already under way can continue. |
| Gulika Kaal | 1:38 PM - 3:01 PM | Mixed | Use extra care with new commitments; traditions treat this as a caution period. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:52 AM - 12:36 PM | Auspicious | A broadly favourable midday window for important work when a detailed muhurta is unavailable. |
- Against New Delhi. Sunrise in Amritsar today is at 6:41 AM, 12 minutes later than New Delhi (6:29 AM); sunset is at 5:47 PM, 6 minutes later than New Delhi (5:41 PM). Longitude: Amritsar lies 2.3° west of Delhi, so local noon comes 9 minutes later (12:14 PM against 12:05 PM). Latitude: Amritsar lies 3.0° north 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 shorter (11 hours 6 minutes against 11 hours 13 minutes), which pushes sunrise later and pulls sunset earlier by about 4 minutes each. Today's Yamaganda Kaal here is 10:51 AM–12:14 PM; New Delhi's is 10:41 AM–12:05 PM. A Delhi table would put Yamaganda Kaal 9–10 minutes too early here today; use this page's own times.
- How long Yamaganda Kaal lasts. It is one eighth of the daylight, so 1 hour 23 minutes today. Through 2026 it runs from 1 hour 16 minutes (around 21 December) to 1 hour 47 minutes (around 21 June).
- Local noon. Midway between sunrise and sunset, Amritsar's noon falls at 12:14 PM today, 14 minutes after 12:00 on the clock. Amritsar lies 7.6° west of the 82.5° E meridian its clock keeps, which makes noon 31 minutes late; the time of year (the equation of time) takes off 17 minutes today. Abhijit Muhurat is centred on this moment, not on twelve o'clock.
- Day length. Amritsar has 11 hours 6 minutes of daylight today, against 11 hours 18 minutes a week ago and 10 hours 54 minutes a week from now: the days here are getting shorter by about 12 minutes a week, and will until the shortest day, around 21 December. In 2026 the longest day is 14 hours 13 minutes (around 21 June) and the shortest 10 hours 6 minutes (around 21 December), a swing of 4 hours 8 minutes, more than New Delhi's 3 hours 39 minutes.
- The year's extremes. The earliest sunrise of 2026 is 5:25 AM (around 11 June) and the latest 7:31 AM (around 9 January); the earliest sunset is 5:27 PM (around 3 December) and the latest 7:40 PM (around 30 June). 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. Amritsar lies 31.6° north, 8.2° beyond the Tropic of Cancer, so the Sun never stands directly overhead: at its highest, around 21 June, it is 82° above the horizon at noon.
- The calendar here. Punjab counts its lunar months from full moon to full moon (purnimanta), so today is Ashwin Purnima.
- Nearest cities. Jalandhar (75 km south-east) — sunrise 3 minutes earlier; Jammu (122 km north) — sunrise 2 minutes later.
Yamaganda 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 Gulika 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 Yamagandam 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.
Yamagandam questions, answered
What time does Yamagandam start in Amritsar today?
The table above starts at sunrise in Amritsar, which is 6:41 AM today. Every window on this page is measured from that sunrise, so the first period begins there rather than at midnight.
Why is Yamagandam different in Amritsar than in Delhi?
Because the periods are divisions of the time between Amritsar'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 Amritsar by a meaningful margin.
How many Yamagandam periods are there?
4 are listed above for Amritsar — the full set covering the daylight period this tool divides.
Delhi and every major city on one page: Yamagandam 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 Amritsar — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows — open the full Panchang for Amritsar.
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