Sunday, 8 November 2026. Pradosh Kaal, Vrishabha Kaal and Amavasya, worked out for Rajkot.

For Rajkot, in IST.
Pradosh Kaal, the evening after sunset in which the Lakshmi Puja is done, begins; Dharmasindhu sets the puja in the Pradosh of the Kartik Amavasya. In Rajkot it runs 6:06–8:40 PM.
Vrishabha (Taurus), a sthir or fixed sign, is rising in the east. Tradition holds that a Lakshmi Puja done in a fixed lagna keeps Lakshmi steady in the home.
The time when Vrishabha Kaal falls inside Pradosh Kaal while Amavasya holds: 6:31–8:30 PM in Rajkot. Ganesh is worshipped first, then Lakshmi, and the diyas are lit.
Families and shops who keep the night’s Lakshmi Puja do it in Nishita, the night’s eighth muhurta, 12:05 AM – 12:56 AM, 9 Nov, or while Simha (Leo), the other fixed sign, rises, which in Rajkot is 12:58 AM – 3:10 AM, 9 Nov.
Choghadiya divides the day and the night into eight parts each, every one good, neutral or bad. The good ones in Rajkot while Amavasya holds, Amrit, Shubh and Labh with the neutral Char, the slots many shops keep the Chopda (account-book) puja in:
| Choghadiya | Time |
|---|---|
| Amrit | 11:28 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Shubh | 1:54 PM – 3:18 PM |
| Shubh | 6:06 PM – 7:42 PM |
| Amrit | 7:42 PM – 9:19 PM |
| Char | 9:19 PM – 10:55 PM |
| Labh | 2:07 AM – 3:43 AM, 9 Nov |
| Shubh | 5:19 AM – 6:55 AM, 9 Nov |
The full puja vidhi, the samagri and the katha are on the Diwali page.
Rajkot is 6.4° west of New Delhi, and the sky turns a degree every four minutes, so that alone sets the sun about 26 minutes later. Being 6.3° farther south moves it about 8 minutes later: in November the Sun is south of the equator, and the days are longer the farther south you are. Sunset is at 6:06 PM, 34 minutes later than New Delhi, and Vrishabha Kaal turns with the same sky, so the muhurat moves with them. Only Amavasya is the same instant everywhere, 8 Nov, 11:28 AM to 9 Nov, 12:32 PM IST. Across the forty cities below, the muhurat begins first in Guwahati (5:01 PM) and last in Rajkot (6:31 PM).
The date, the tithi’s times and how the day is found are on the Diwali page; sunrise, Rahu Kaal and choghadiya for today are on the panchang for Rajkot.
6:31–8:30 PM IST on Sunday, 8 November 2026. That is where Pradosh Kaal (6:06–8:40 PM) meets Vrishabha Kaal, the fixed lagna, while Amavasya holds.
Because the sun sets 34 minutes later than New Delhi, and Vrishabha Kaal rises in the city’s own sky; only Amavasya is the same instant everywhere. The working for this city is above.
6:12–7:06 PM on Friday, 29 October 2027. In 2027 Amavasya ends at 7:06 PM, before Vrishabha Kaal begins at 7:11 PM, so the muhurat is Pradosh Kaal while Amavasya holds, without the fixed lagna.
7:56–8:49 PM on Tuesday, 17 October 2028.
Yes. In 2026 it is Sunday, 8 November 2026 in both. The tithi begins and ends at the same instant everywhere; only the evening it is read in moves.
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