Wednesday, August 5, 2026 (Wednesday) · Ireland
Rahu Kaal (avoid new beginnings)
1:39 PM – 3:33 PM
Sunrise 6:02 AM · Sunset 9:16 PM — all times local to Cork
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 Cork's Rahu Kaal differs from Delhi's. Times published for IST are wrong for Ireland residents; the window above is computed from Cork'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 | 1:39 PM – 3:33 PM |
| Yamaganda Kaal | 7:56 AM – 9:50 AM |
| Gulika Kaal | 11:45 AM – 1:39 PM |
Gulika Kaal is generally treated as the least severe of the three, and Rahu Kaal the one most commonly observed.
| Thursday, Aug 6 | 3:33 PM – 5:26 PM |
| Friday, Aug 7 | 11:45 AM – 1:39 PM |
| Saturday, Aug 8 | 9:53 AM – 11:46 AM |
| Sunday, Aug 9 | 7:16 PM – 9:09 PM |
| Monday, Aug 10 | 8:02 AM – 9:54 AM |
| Tuesday, Aug 11 | 5:21 PM – 7:13 PM |
| Wednesday, Aug 12 | 1:38 PM – 3:29 PM |
Times shift through the week as sunrise and sunset move, and the window jumps position with the weekday.
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