Rahukalam Yamagandam & Varjyam

According to Vedic astrology, certain parts of the day, called Rahu Kalam, are inauspicious periods and one should not undertake any auspicious work during these periods – especially any new undertaking.

Rahukalam differs from place to place depending on Sun-rise & Sun-set time. The day duration from Sun-rise to Sun-set, at a particular location, is divided into eight equal parts. There is no Rahu Kalam during the first period of any weekday. On Monday it falls on the 2nd period, Saturday 3rd period, Friday 4th period, Wednesday 5th period, Thursday 6th period, Tuesday 7th period & Sunday 8th period.

The following are the details of the Rahukalam (also known as rahukal or rahu kal) periods in in operation during the various week days. This is based on 6:00 AM local Sun-rise time and 6:00PM local Sun-set time. If the Sun-rise and Sun-set times are different, you can take the Day duration, divide it in to 8 equal parts and apply the above given formula.

Since the Raahu Kalam is dependent on the Sun-rise and Sun-set times of your particular location, you must calculate it for each day using the bellow method.
Your local Sun-rise & Sun-set times are usually given in the local news papers.

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Raahu Kaalam Calculation
Week day	Example1: Sunrise 6:00a.m.Sunset 6:00 p.m. 1/8 of Day = 90 minutes	Example2:Sunrise 5:58 a.m. Sunset 8:14 p.m. 1/8 of Day = 107 minutes	Example3:Sunrise 6:36 a.m. Sunset 6:10 p.m. 1/8 of Day = 87 minutes
Sunday	4:30p.m. to 6:00 p.m.	6:27p.m. to 8:14 p.m.	4:43p.m. to 6:10 p.m.
Monday	7:30a.m. to 9:00 a.m.	7:45a.m. to 9:32 a.m.	8:02a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday	3:00p.m. to 4:30 p.m.	4:40to 6:27 p.m.	3:16p.m. to 4:44 p.m.
Wednesday	12noon to 1:30 p.m.	1:06p.m. to 2:53 p.m.	12:23p.m. to 1:50 p.m.
Thursday	1:30p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	2:53p.m. to 4:40 p.m.	1:49p.m. to 3:17 p.m.
Friday	10:30a.m. to 12 noon	11:19a.m. to 1:06 p.m.	10:56p.m. to 12:23 p.m.
Saturday	9:00a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	9:32a.m. to 11:19 a.m.	9:29a.m. to 10:57 a.m.

Varjyam

For all the 27 star there is a prohibited time of 4 ghtaikas or 96 minutes starting at the following ghatika counted from the beginning time of the star. These 96 minutes of time are bad for any activity.
The from when the count starts is as follows for the specific starts:
Aswini  50 , Bharani  4,Kruttika  30, Rohini  40 Mrugasira  14,Arudra  21,  Punarvasu  30, Pushyami  20, Ashlesha  32, Makha  30, Pubba   20, Uttara  1, Hasta   21, Citta   20, Svati  14, Visakha  14, Anuuraadha  10,
Jyeshtha  14, Muula   20, Poorvashaadha  20, Uttaraashadha  20, Sravanam  10, Dhanishtha  10 , Satabhishtha  18, Poorvabhaadra  16, Uttarabhadra  30, Revati  30

Yamagandam

Like Rahukalam the following periods known as Yamagandam during which it is considered to be inauspicious to start any important work.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
10-30AM to 12-00PM	09-00AM to 10-30AM	07-30AM to 09.00AM	06-00AM to 07-30AM	3-00PM to 4-30PM	01-30PM to 03-00PM	12-00PM to 01-30PM

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