Cosmic Clock: today's horas, Abhijit muhurta and Rahu Kaal
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to sunrise, and every part of it has a ruling planet. The Cosmic Clock shows the hora running now, the auspicious and inauspicious windows of the day, and the panchanga, for any date and place.
What is on the clock
- Hora (planetary hours): the day and the night are each divided into twelve horas, so a daytime hora is longer in summer and shorter in winter. Each hora is ruled by a planet in the fixed order Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, starting from the lord of the weekday at sunrise.
- Abhijit muhurta: the eighth of fifteen day muhurtas, about 48 minutes around local noon, held auspicious for almost any undertaking.
- Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal: three periods of about an hour and a half whose place in the day depends on the weekday; new beginnings are kept out of Rahu Kaal.
- Durmuhurta: the inauspicious muhurtas of the weekday.
- Panchanga: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara for the day, with sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
How to use it
- Pick your city, or use your location; every time on the page is local to that place.
- Read the hora running now and its planet: Jupiter and Venus horas suit beginnings, Mercury suits trade and study, Saturn suits patient work.
- Start something important inside Abhijit muhurta, and keep it out of Rahu Kaal.
- Turn on reminders in the app to be told when Abhijit, Rahu Kaal or a chosen hora begins.
How the times are computed
Sunrise and sunset are civil, the upper limb of the Sun at the horizon with refraction, computed for your coordinates. The day horas divide the time from sunrise to sunset into twelve; the night horas divide sunset to the next sunrise. Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal divide the day into eight parts and take the part the weekday assigns. Results match Drik Panchang to the minute for most places.
For the planets themselves, see today's transits; for what they mean for you, create your birth chart.
Frequently asked questions
What is a hora?
A planetary hour. The day from sunrise to sunset and the night from sunset to sunrise are each cut into twelve horas, each ruled by a planet in a fixed order.
What is Abhijit muhurta?
A window of about 48 minutes around local noon, counted as the eighth day muhurta, considered auspicious for most work. It is not observed on Wednesdays in some traditions.
What is Rahu Kaal?
A period of about ninety minutes each day, at a place in the day set by the weekday, during which new ventures are avoided. Work already begun continues.
Are the times for my city?
Yes. Choose a city or use your location and every time on the page is computed for those coordinates and that time zone.
Why do the times differ from another site?
Sunrise definitions differ. Vedicmarga uses the civil sunrise, the upper limb with refraction, which is what Drik Panchang and most almanacs use; a site that uses the Sun's centre will run a few minutes later.