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Yamagandam, Rahu Kaal and Gulika today in Kollam
10:39 AM – 12:07 PM
The rest of the day is clear of it
Next: Tue 27 Oct, 9:10 AM – 10:39 AM
Yamagandam in Kollam was from 10:39 AM to 12:07 PM today. It is already over.
Rahu Kaal
7:41 AM – 9:10 AM
Over
Gulika Kaal
1:36 PM – 3:05 PM
Over
Sunrise 6:12 AM · Sunset 6:03 PM · Purnima tithi · Ashwini nakshatra
All times are local to Kollam, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaganda Kaal | 10:39 AM - 12:07 PM | Inauspicious | Usually avoided for journeys, ceremonies and important new starts. |
| Rahu Kaal | 7:41 AM - 9:10 AM | Inauspicious | Avoid beginning important work. Work already under way can continue. |
| Gulika Kaal | 1:36 PM - 3:05 PM | Mixed | Use extra care with new commitments; traditions treat this as a caution period. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:44 AM - 12:31 PM | Auspicious | A broadly favourable midday window for important work when a detailed muhurta is unavailable. |
- Against New Delhi. Sunrise in Kollam today is at 6:12 AM, 17 minutes earlier than New Delhi (6:29 AM); sunset is at 6:03 PM, 22 minutes later than New Delhi (5:41 PM). Longitude: Kollam lies 0.6° west of Delhi, so local noon comes 2 minutes later (12:07 PM against 12:05 PM). Latitude: Kollam lies 19.7° 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 39 minutes longer (11 hours 51 minutes against 11 hours 13 minutes), which pulls sunrise earlier and pushes sunset later by about 20 minutes each. Today's Yamaganda Kaal here is 10:39 AM–12:07 PM; New Delhi's is 10:41 AM–12:05 PM. A Delhi table would be up to 2 minutes out for Yamaganda Kaal here today, its start too late and its end too early.
- How long Yamaganda Kaal lasts. It is one eighth of the daylight, so 1 hour 29 minutes today. Through 2026 it runs from 1 hour 27 minutes (around 21 December) to 1 hour 35 minutes (around 20 June).
- Local noon. Midway between sunrise and sunset, Kollam's noon falls at 12:07 PM today, 7 minutes after 12:00 on the clock. Kollam lies 5.9° west of the 82.5° E meridian its clock keeps, which makes noon 24 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. Kollam has 11 hours 51 minutes of daylight today, against 11 hours 54 minutes a week ago and 11 hours 48 minutes a week from now: the days here are getting shorter by about 3 minutes a week, and will until the shortest day, around 21 December. In 2026 the longest day is 12 hours 39 minutes (around 20 June) and the shortest 11 hours 37 minutes (around 21 December), a swing of 1 hour 2 minutes, less than New Delhi's 3 hours 39 minutes.
- The year's extremes. The earliest sunrise of 2026 is 6:03 AM (around 28 May) and the latest 6:44 AM (around 29 January); the earliest sunset is 6:00 PM (around 15 November) and the latest 6:47 PM (around 13 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. Kollam lies 8.9° north of the equator, south of the Tropic of Cancer, so the noon Sun stands directly overhead twice a year: around 12 April and 30 August in 2026. On those two days an upright pole casts almost no shadow at local noon.
- Nearest cities. Thiruvananthapuram (54 km south-east) — sunrise 2 minutes earlier; Kochi (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 Kollam today?
The table above starts at sunrise in Kollam, which is 6:12 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 Kollam than in Delhi?
Because the periods are divisions of the time between Kollam'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 Kollam by a meaningful margin.
How many Yamagandam periods are there?
4 are listed above for Kollam — 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 Kollam — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows — open the full Panchang for Kollam.
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