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. Delhi (77.2°E) sunrise is 21 min later than the IST standard meridian (82.5°E) — and 44 min earlier than Mumbai. CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Delhi's coordinates (28.613900°N, 77.209000°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Delhi is India's capital and one of the world's oldest inhabited cities, home to the Akshardhram temple on the Yamuna, the ancient Yogmaya temple in Mehrauli, and thousands of neighbourhood mandirs. For Delhi's residents, checking Rahu Kaal before signing property documents, starting a new business, or planning travel is as routine as checking the weather.
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 but not identical. Noida (77.31°E) and Gurgaon (77.03°E) have slightly different longitudes from Delhi (77.21°E), which creates 1–2 minute sunrise differences. The CosmosPandit app lets you set your exact city for precise timings.
Rahu Kaal in Delhi changes every day based on the actual sunrise. On a summer day (June), sunrise around 5:27 AM means Rahu Kaal typically falls between 7–9 AM depending on the weekday. In winter (December), sunrise around 7:11 AM shifts all timings by nearly 2 hours. Use the live widget above for today's exact time.
Yes. Download CosmosPandit, set your city to Delhi, and you'll receive a push notification at 7 AM Delhi time every morning with the day's Rahu Kaal, Panchang, and Rashifal in Hindi or your chosen language.
Astronomically precise Rahu Kaal timings for 25 major Indian cities.