Rahu Kaal: –The concept of Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Yamaghanta and Vishaghati are the creation of the Hindu Astrology. In the Hindu system of astrology, Rahu and Ketu are considered as planets, although they have no physical entity. In reality, they are the northern and southern nodes of the Moon respectively.
The northern point of intersection on the ecliptic by the Moon’s orbit is called Rahu and the southern point of intersection on the ecliptic by the Moon’s orbit is called Ketu. So, they are very sensitive points. According to a Hindu myth, Rahu obscured the Sun temporarily making the earth devoid of light and warmth. Rahu is an embodiment of evil; kaal means time. So, the meaning of Rahukaal is the period of time of a day over which the Rahu rules.
By the traditional wisdom of the Hindu, Rahukaal is a time segment during which undertaking any new activities like buying assets, vehicle, building a new house etc are considered inauspicious. If done, the end result will not be good. Because this segment of time is associated with Rahu.
However, there is no restriction in conducting Durga Pooja during Rahukaal. The Rahukaal is calculated on the basis of local time. For calculation of Rahukaal, the local Sunrise time is deducted from the sunset time. And, thus obtained time duration is divided into 8 equal segments.
Each segment’s duration is approximately 90 minutes or 1hour 30 minutes (supposing the local Sun rise time is 6:00:00 and Sunset time is 18:00:00). But the beginning and the ending time varies place to place as it is calculated on the basis of local time. Again the (Rahukaal) does not fall at the fixed time of all the days of the week. It varies day to day as shown in the below table.
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Day
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Rahukaal (inauspicious time segment)
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Monday
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7:30 am to9:00 am
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Saturday
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9:00 am to 10:30 am
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Friday
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10:30 am to 12:00 noon
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Wednesday
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12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
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Thursday
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1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
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Tuesday
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3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
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Sunday
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4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
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“Mother Saw Father Wearing The Turban Suddenly”, This mnemonic helps us to easily remember the days of Rahukaal.
Gulikakaal: – Gulikakaal is a propitious time. Any activity started during the gulikakaal will give positive end-results. It is believed that the work done during Gulikakaal will be repeated once again. So, this is an auspicious time to start an undertaking like building a house, buying assets, vehicles, undertaking a project, conducting an important meeting, buying shares, bonds etc.
But, the important point to be borne in mind is that no marriage should be conducted and no dead body should be taken out of the house to the cremation ground during the Gulika period for obvious reasons. The method of calculation of the time is the same as that of the Rahukaal. The duration of the Gulikakaal on the days of the week are shown in the following table.
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Day
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Gulikakaal.
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Saturday
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6:00 am to 7:30 am
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Friday
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7:30 to 9:00 am
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Thursday
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9:00 am to 10:30 am
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Wednesday
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10:30 am to 12:00 noon
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Tuesday
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12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
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Monday
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1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
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Sunday
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3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
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The End.
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