Yamaganda today, and how it is derived

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Yamaganda (Yamagandam) is the third of the inauspicious eighth-parts of daylight. Its weekday index is the 5th part on Sunday, 4th on Monday, 3rd on Tuesday, 2nd on Wednesday, 1st on Thursday, 7th on Friday and 6th on Saturday. Like Rahu Kaal and Gulika Kaal it depends only on local sunrise, sunset and the weekday.

Yamaganda today alongside Rahu Kaal and Gulika Kaal

New Delhi · 2026-10-22 · Thursday · sunrise 06:27 · sunset 17:46

Part 1: 06:27 – 07:52Yamaganda

Part 2: 07:52 – 09:17No inauspicious period

Part 3: 09:17 – 10:42Gulika Kaal

Part 4: 10:42 – 12:07No inauspicious period

Part 5: 12:07 – 13:31No inauspicious period

Part 6: 13:31 – 14:56Rahu Kaal

Part 7: 14:56 – 16:21No inauspicious period

Part 8: 16:21 – 17:46No inauspicious period

Daylight of 06:27 – 17:46 divided into 8 equal parts of 85 minutes each, for Thursday.

Yamaganda takes a third of the same eight daylight parts. It is avoided for journeys and for starting anything meant to last.

The arithmetic

Sunset minus sunrise gives daylight length; divide by eight; count parts from sunrise to the weekday index. On Thursday the index is 1, so Yamaganda opens the day at sunrise; on Friday it is the 7th part, late in the afternoon.

What it is traditionally used for

Yamaganda is grouped with Rahu Kaal and Gulika Kaal as a period avoided for beginnings, especially journeys and formal starts. It carries less weight in everyday practice than Rahu Kaal, and the published sources we checked present it as a scheduling convention rather than as a prediction about how something will turn out.

Seeing all three together

Because the three tables never share an index, exactly three of the eight daylight parts are named on any date and five are unnamed. If your day is tight, choosing an unnamed part is simpler than reading three separate lookups.

The table we use, and how sure we are

We take Yamaganda as the 5th part on Sunday, 4th on Monday, 3rd on Tuesday, 2nd on Wednesday, 1st on Thursday, 7th on Friday and 6th on Saturday. Every published table we checked gives this column, and it keeps Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaganda on three different parts on every weekday. A small number of calculator sites publish a different Yamaganda column; those pages name no tradition, cite no text, and do not even agree with each other, so we treat them as copying errors rather than as a documented alternative practice — and we say plainly that we have not verified either against a classical manuscript.

Limitations

Some Panchangs list additional avoided periods (Varjyam, Durmuhurtam) computed from Nakshatra rather than plain daylight division. Those are not shown here because they need data this page does not compute. Windows appear only when the date's sunrise and sunset are cached for the city. No practising astrologer has reviewed this page.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yamaganda the same as Yamagandam?+

Yes, the same period; the spelling varies by region.

Why does Yamaganda start at sunrise on Thursday?+

Its Thursday index is the first of the eight daylight parts.

Is it as important as Rahu Kaal?+

In common practice it is watched less closely, though Panchangs list all three.

Do all Panchangs give the same Yamaganda timing?+

The tables we checked agree. A few calculator sites publish a shifted column without citing any source, which is why this page states the exact indices it uses.

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