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Calculations

The time of Rahukal and Yama ghantam can be found using sunrise and sunset time. But which "time" is considered sunrise? The time when sun just starts to rise (i.e, is seen on the horizon)? or when the sun has fully risen? (Similarly, what about sunset?)

Pages/Sections should probably be opened for Yama Ghantam and Guli Kalam/Kuligikalam.

"Rahukaalam and Gulikakaalam are the two time periods which are especially considered inauspicious"
Gulikakaalam is inauspicious? I thought "Yama Ghantam" is inauspicious.

Perhaps the article needs to "clearly" mention that the the time when the 4th Muhurtha ends and 5th starts (12 o'clock) is also the midday/noon when the sun is at its highest in the sky.
Verycuriousboy (talk) 11:53, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In ever 24 hour, the time-period of Rahukal, Yama Ghanta, the Chaughadia Muhurtas etc are all the same (i.e, 1/8th of a day , or 1/16th of a 24 hour, or 1hr 30 min if sunrise and sunset time is from 6 am to 6pm). Perhaps, a table should be made to compare all these so that people can be more aware.

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/astrotables.htm
http://www.astroccult.net/chaughadia_muhurats.html

In case someone wants to compare the Muhurtas (48 minutes) :

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Muhurta
http://vinaymangal.googlepages.com/VedicTimeTravel.pdf

How come I am the only one who is editing for suggestions? Verycuriousboy (talk) 07:58, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merging please:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rahukaalam
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rahu_kala

Verycuriousboy (talk) 14:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The graha "Rahu" and "Ketu" are defined by the nodes of the Moon's orbit around the Earth and the Earth's orbit around the Sun, Location where Eclipses occur.
Could someone please explain how the so called "Rahu Kalaya" is defined on the Jewish 7 day calendar, relative to the time of local Sunrise, which is the start of Day.
It seems more logical that it should be defined on the Lunar (Poya) calendar.
Did the Ancient Vedic Astrologers even know or use the western 7 day week.
Hope someone has an answer, none of the local Astrologers seemed to even understand the logical conflict.
The only answer I got was that they are unrelated concepts, but since the ancients used a Poya Calendar did the western calendar come from Colonial Influence ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lakdiva (talk • contribs) 06:25, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]