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. Pune (73.9°E) is 1 degree east of Mumbai — sunrise is 4 min earlier than Mumbai and 58 min later than Kolkata. CosmosPandit uses precision astronomy (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms) to calculate the exact sunrise at Pune's coordinates (18.520400°N, 73.856700°E), giving you the correct Rahu Kaal every day.
Pune is Maharashtra's cultural capital — home to the beloved Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati, the Kasba Ganpati (presiding deity of Pune), and the pilgrimage town of Alandi (Sant Dnyaneshwar's samadhi) just 22km away. Puneites plan weddings, home purchases, and business inaugurations around Muhurat as seriously as anywhere in India. Pune's sunrise at 73.9°E is about 4 minutes earlier than Mumbai's — meaning Rahu Kaal also falls 4 minutes earlier.
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. PCMC (73.80°E) is slightly west of Pune (73.86°E) — the difference is under 1 minute. For practical purposes they are the same. The CosmosPandit app handles the exact coordinates automatically.
Yes, and Pune takes it very seriously. The Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati trust publishes the exact Muhurat for each day's rituals. Avoiding Rahu Kaal for the first darshan, pooja start, and visarjan is standard practice for Pune households.
Yes. CosmosPandit fully supports Marathi (मराठी) — all timings, Rashifal, and Panchang are available in Marathi. Download the app and select Marathi from language settings.
Astronomically precise Rahu Kaal timings for 25 major Indian cities.