Live Rahu Kaal for Jeddah — calculated from today's actual sunrise at 21.485800°N, 39.192500°E.
Precise for Jeddah. Not a generic IST lookup.
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. Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+3) — no daylight saving time year-round CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Jeddah's coordinates (21.485800°N, 39.192500°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Jeddah — Saudi Arabia's cosmopolitan gateway city and commercial capital on the Red Sea — is home to around 500,000 Indians. The community spans Gujarati textile and garment traders in the historic Balad district, Malayali nurses and doctors at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Tamil construction workers building the new Jeddah Central mega-project, and tech professionals in Jeddah's growing startup ecosystem. The Indian Consulate General in Jeddah, one of India's busiest consulates in the Gulf, processes over 100,000 applications annually — a marker of community scale.
Jeddah is at 21.49°N — closer to the equator than Riyadh (24.69°N) — which means its sunrise times are more stable across the year: ranging from about 5:30 AM in June to 6:20 AM in December, only 50 minutes of seasonal variation. But the constant UTC+3 timezone still puts Jeddah 2.5 hours behind IST, making IST-based Rahu Kaal systematically wrong every day. CosmosPandit calculates from Jeddah's own coordinates (21.4858°N, 39.1925°E).
Note: Jeddah's sunrise is approximately 22–25 minutes earlier than Riyadh's due to its more western longitude. For Indians who travel between the two cities, this makes a noticeable difference in Rahu Kaal timing. Always check the page for your specific city.
Jeddah sits about 3.5 degrees of longitude west of Riyadh. Since the Earth rotates 1 degree every 4 minutes, Jeddah's sunrise is roughly 14 minutes earlier than Riyadh's. Both use the same UTC+3 clock, so this difference directly shifts the Rahu Kaal window by 14 minutes. Not huge, but for strict Vedic timing it matters.
Jeddah's Indian trading and professional community uses Vedic timing for business launches, trade negotiations, signing of shipping contracts at the Islamic Port, medical procedures, and property transactions. During Rahu Kaal in Jeddah, Vedic tradition advises avoiding all new beginnings: new business dealings, travel departures, financial commitments, and auspicious ceremonies. Use the CosmosPandit Muhurat Finder for the best Jeddah timing for your specific activity.
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:
Yes — by about 14–15 minutes. Jeddah (21.49°N, 39.19°E) is further west and closer to the equator than Riyadh (24.69°N, 46.72°E). Jeddah's sunrise is approximately 14 minutes earlier, shifting its Rahu Kaal window accordingly. Both use UTC+3 but the coordinate difference is real. CosmosPandit has dedicated pages for both cities.
No. All of Saudi Arabia uses Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3) year-round. No DST changes — unlike the UK or USA where clocks shift seasonally. Rahu Kaal timing shifts only with the daily sunrise change, not with any clock change.
Yes. CosmosPandit fully supports Tamil (தமிழ்) and Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) alongside 6 other Indian languages, all calculated precisely for Jeddah's coordinates. The app also sends a daily 7 AM Jeddah-time push notification with the day's Rahu Kaal and Panchang in your chosen language.
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