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Gulika Kalam Today
New Delhi · Sunday, October 25, 2026
Gulika Kalam — Kuligai in Tamil, Gulikai in Malayalam — is the portion of the day assigned to Gulika, whom tradition calls a son of Saturn. It is one of the three daily periods printed in South Indian almanacs, next to Rahu Kalam and Yamagandam, but its reputation is unusual: rather than simply spoiling what begins in it, it is said to make that thing happen again. Today's window for your city is shown below.
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Gulika Kalam today in Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and other cities
| City | Gulika Kalam | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | 14:51 – 16:14 | 06:32 | 17:38 |
| Mumbai | 15:13 – 16:39 | 06:40 | 18:05 |
| Bengaluru | 14:57 – 16:25 | 06:15 | 17:52 |
| Chennai | 14:47 – 16:14 | 06:04 | 17:41 |
| Kolkata | 14:10 – 15:35 | 05:41 | 17:00 |
| Hyderabad | 14:52 – 16:18 | 06:15 | 17:45 |
| Pune | 15:10 – 16:36 | 06:35 | 18:02 |
| Ahmedabad | 15:13 – 16:37 | 06:45 | 18:03 |
| Jaipur | 14:58 – 16:21 | 06:36 | 17:46 |
| Lucknow | 14:37 – 16:01 | 06:15 | 17:25 |
Gulika Kalam is one eighth of each city's own daytime (IST), counted from its sunrise. Choose your city at the top of the page for its exact window.
Gulika Kalam is read together with its two companions: today's Rahu Kaal and Yamagandam.
The weekday sequence
Gulika takes one of the eight equal parts of the daytime, counted from sunrise, and the part steps one place earlier each day of the week. Saturday, the day of Saturn, begins with it in the first part; Friday has it in the second, Thursday the third, Wednesday the fourth, Tuesday the fifth, Monday the sixth and Sunday the seventh.
On a day running from 6 am to 6 pm that places it at 3 to 4:30 pm on Sunday, 1:30 to 3 pm on Monday, noon to 1:30 on Tuesday, 10:30 to noon on Wednesday, 9 to 10:30 on Thursday, 7:30 to 9 on Friday and 6 to 7:30 on Saturday. The live value above uses today's actual sunrise and sunset instead, so it is rarely those round numbers.
Why people say it repeats
The common South Indian teaching is that an act begun in Gulika Kalam tends to recur. That makes it a period to keep clear of funerals, cremation rites, hospital admissions or borrowing money — no one wants those repeated — while some families deliberately choose it to buy gold, open a savings account, pay off a loan instalment or lay a foundation, hoping the good thing will come back.
Practice varies by region and family, and many priests prefer to keep every ceremony out of it whatever its purpose. Where your own family or community follows a different custom, that custom takes precedence over any general rule.
Gulika the period and Gulika the chart point
The same name appears in natal astrology, where Gulika (often treated together with Mandi) is an upagraha — a sensitive point worked out from the rising sign at a particular moment of the day. That chart point is a different calculation from this daily time window, even though both trace back to Saturn's portion of the day.
The window on this page is a customary day-division provided for reference, not a reading of anyone's chart.
Frequently asked questions
What time is Gulika Kalam today?
The start and end for the selected city are shown at the top. It is one eighth of the time between local sunrise and sunset, about ninety minutes on a twelve-hour day.
Is Gulika Kalam good or bad?
Both, by tradition: what starts in it is said to repeat, so it is avoided for funerals, illness-related or debt-related acts and sometimes chosen for purchases or savings you would like to see again.
Is Kuligai the same as Gulika Kalam?
Yes. Kuligai is the Tamil name and Gulikai the Malayalam one for the same daytime period.
See also the full Panchang for today — or Choghadiya · Rahu Kaal · Shubh Muhurat · Abhijit Muhurat · Brahma Muhurta · Yamagandam · Durmuhurtham · Hora Timings · Gowri Panchangam.
Timings use classical Vedic computation (Lahiri ayanamsa, Drik) for the selected city. Auspicious and inauspicious windows are traditional classifications for reference, not personal predictions.