Rahu Kaal Today in Hyderabad

Today's Rahu Kaal in Hyderabad with exact start and end times in local time. Rahu Kaal is the daily inauspicious window — best avoided for starting important work or journeys.

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How Rahu Kaal is fixed for Hyderabad

Rahu Kaal is the eighth part of the daytime — sunrise to sunset divided by eight — and which of those eight parts it falls on depends only on the weekday. Because the division starts at Hyderabad's own sunrise, both the start time and the length of the window shift here through the year rather than sitting at a fixed clock time.

Hyderabad's clock versus its Sun

All of India keeps one clock — IST, pinned to the 82.5°E meridian — across roughly 28° of longitude. Hyderabad lies at 78.49°E, so the Sun reaches its highest point here about 16 minutes later than the clock suggests. That puts solar noon in Hyderabad roughly 5 minutes earlier than in New Delhi; sunrise moves with it, though latitude shifts sunrise a little further either way as the seasons turn. Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and every muhurat are carved out of local sunrise and sunset, so a table copied from a Delhi panchang is wrong for Hyderabad by about that much.

Why the lengths change through the year

Hyderabad sits at 17.39°N. Daylight here runs to about 13h 02m at its longest and about 10h 58m at its shortest — a swing of roughly 2h 05m across the year. Because the eight daytime Choghadiya periods are made by dividing sunrise-to-sunset into eight equal parts, each period in Hyderabad is noticeably longer in summer than in winter. Rahu Kaal, being one-eighth of the day, moves the same way.

How these timings are computed

Timings are computed for 17.39°N, 78.49°E (Asia/Kolkata) with the Swiss Ephemeris: the day's exact sunrise and sunset first, then Rahu Kaal, the Choghadiya periods and the panchang limbs derived from them. Nothing is approximated from a nearby larger city.

Can I use a Delhi panchang for Hyderabad?

Not if you want it exact. The solar day in Hyderabad runs about 5 minutes earlier than in New Delhi, and every Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya boundary shifts with it. For casual purposes the gap is small; for choosing a muhurat it is large enough to matter.

Why does Rahu Kaal in Hyderabad change every day?

Because it is not a fixed clock time — it is one-eighth of the daylight span, measured from that morning's sunrise. Daylight in Hyderabad varies by about 2h 05m across the year, so both the start time and the length of Rahu Kaal move with it.

Do these timings depend on my birth chart?

No. Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and the panchang are properties of place and date — identical for everyone in Hyderabad on a given day. A muhurat chosen against your own chart is a separate question and needs your birth details.