Saturday, September 26, 2026 (Saturday) · India
Rahu Kaal (avoid new beginnings)
9:09 AM – 10:40 AM
Sunrise 6:08 AM · Sunset 6:13 PM — all times local to Bengaluru
Rahu Kaal is the daily inauspicious period ruled by Rahu — traditionally avoided for beginnings: journeys, purchases, signings, and new ventures. It is one-eighth of the local day (sunrise to sunset), and its position depends on the weekday — which is why Bengaluru's Rahu Kaal differs from Delhi's. Times published for IST are wrong for other longitudes; the window above is computed from Bengaluru's actual sunrise today.
Rahu Kaal is one of three inauspicious windows the tradition marks each day. All three divide the same sunrise-to-sunset span into eight parts; the weekday decides which part each takes.
| Rahu Kaal | 9:09 AM – 10:40 AM |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 1:41 PM – 3:12 PM |
| Gulika Kaal | 6:08 AM – 7:39 AM |
Gulika Kaal is generally treated as the least severe of the three, and Rahu Kaal the one most commonly observed.
| Sunday, Sep 27 | 4:41 PM – 6:12 PM |
| Monday, Sep 28 | 7:39 AM – 9:09 AM |
| Tuesday, Sep 29 | 3:10 PM – 4:40 PM |
| Wednesday, Sep 30 | 12:09 PM – 1:39 PM |
| Thursday, Oct 1 | 1:39 PM – 3:09 PM |
| Friday, Oct 2 | 10:38 AM – 12:08 PM |
| Saturday, Oct 3 | 9:08 AM – 10:38 AM |
Times shift through the week as sunrise and sunset move, and the window jumps position with the weekday.
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