Sunrise and Sunset Today — South Dum Dum
South Dum Dum, West Bengal
Sunrise
The Hindu day and the vara begin here
5:03 am
Sunset
6:21 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
11:41 pm
Brahma Muhurat
The most auspicious window, before sunrise
3:37 am – 4:20 am
Why sunrise matters in South Dum Dum
In the Hindu calendar the day begins at sunrise, not midnight — so the vara (weekday) changes at 5:03 am in South Dum Dum, not at 12 am. A ritual performed before sunrise still belongs to the previous weekday.
Sunrise also anchors every timing on this site. Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam, Gulika Kaal, Choghadiya and Hora are all fractions of the interval between sunrise and sunset, so a few minutes’ error in sunrise shifts all of them. That is why these are computed from South Dum Dum’s own latitude and longitude rather than a single reference city.
Today in South Dum Dum the tithi is Navami and the nakshatra Swati.
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