Most Vedic apps show the same Rahu Kaal for all of India — calculated from a generic IST formula. But Rahu Kaal is 1/8th of the actual daytime from today's sunrise at your location. Chandigarh (76.8°E) at 30.7°N latitude has a 2h04m seasonal sunrise variation — one of India's largest. Summer and winter Rahu Kaal fall at very different clock times. CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Chandigarh's coordinates (30.733300°N, 76.779400°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Chandigarh — India's only planned city, designed by Le Corbusier — serves as capital of both Punjab and Haryana. The Mansa Devi temple on the Shivalik hills draws lakhs each Navratri, and the tricity of Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula follows Vedic traditions alongside modern life. At 30.7°N — one of India's higher latitudes — Chandigarh has a 2h04m difference between summer and winter sunrise, creating large seasonal variation in Rahu Kaal.
India uses a single timezone (IST, UTC+5:30) across 30° of longitude. But sunrise follows the sun, not the clock — every 1° of longitude – 4 minutes difference. Kolkata’s sunrise is 80 minutes earlier than Mumbai’s on the same IST day, so Rahu Kaal falls at genuinely different times in each city.
This Rahu Kaal page is just the start. The CosmosPandit app gives every Indian the full Vedic astrology toolkit — in their own language, with timings precise for their city:
Very close — the three cities share nearly the same coordinates. Chandigarh (76.78°E), Mohali (76.73°E), and Panchkula (76.86°E) have under 1-minute sunrise differences. The CosmosPandit app handles each precisely.
Because Chandigarh is at 30.7°N — far north enough that seasonal day-length variation is significant. In June (summer), days are long and sunrise is at 5:24 AM. In December (winter), days are short and sunrise is at 7:28 AM — a 2-hour shift that moves all Muhurat timings accordingly.
Yes. CosmosPandit fully supports Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) — all timings, Rashifal, and Panchang in Punjabi Gurmukhi script.
Astronomically precise Rahu Kaal timings for 25 major Indian cities.