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. Indore (75.9°E) sunrise is 28 min later than IST meridian — matching Jaipur's timing almost exactly. Both cities share similar Rahu Kaal windows. CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Indore's coordinates (22.719600°N, 75.857700°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Indore is Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital, home to the beloved Khajrana Ganesh temple — built by Rani Ahilyabai Holkar in the 18th century and visited by 50,000+ devotees on Wednesdays. The revered Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga is just 80km away, and Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain) 55km. Indore's Rahu Kaal at 75.9°E closely matches Jaipur's timing.
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:
No. Ujjain (75.79°E) is 0.07 degrees west of Indore (75.86°E) — the sunrise difference is under 1 minute. For practical purposes they are the same, but CosmosPandit calculates each city precisely.
Yes. Set your city to Indore (or use GPS) in the CosmosPandit app, and the Muhurat screen shows today's best windows for travel and ritual. Rahu Kaal is highlighted in red so you can plan the 80km journey accordingly.
Most Indore households use Panchangams published from Varanasi or Ujjain. Both are east of Indore — Varanasi (82.97°E) by 7 degrees, Ujjain (75.79°E) by 0.07 degrees. CosmosPandit calculates directly from Indore's coordinates for precision.
Astronomically precise Rahu Kaal timings for 25 major Indian cities.