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Sunrise & Sunset Today

Check sunset today, sunrise for today, and today sunset times with day length, golden hour, and twilight — for your location.

Location

Use your device location or choose a city for today’s sunrise and sunset in India.

Detailed timings

City-wise sunrise & sunset today

Compare today sunrise time and today sunset time across major Indian cities.

City Sunrise Sunset

Sunrise & Vedic astrology

In Vedic tradition, the Hindu civil day (vaara) is reckoned from sunrise to sunrise — not from midnight. Panchang elements such as tithi, nakshatra, and muhurat are tied to this solar cycle, so knowing sunrise for today anchors daily observance.

Brahma Muhurta is the auspicious period roughly 96 minutes before local sunrise, valued for meditation, study, and spiritual practice. Temple timings and homa often align with sunrise, midday, and sunset.

For sign-by-sign guidance for the same day, open AstroKaya’s daily horoscope.

Frequently asked questions

What time is sunset today?
Sunset today depends on your location and the date. AstroKaya uses your coordinates (or a city you pick) to compute today’s sunset from astronomical algorithms, so you see an accurate local sunset time for that place.
What time is sunrise for today?
Sunrise for today is calculated for your selected city or GPS position. Enter a major Indian city or use detect location to see today’s sunrise time in 12-hour local time, together with sunset and day length.
How long is the day between sunrise and sunset today?
Day length is the time from sunrise to sunset. On this page it is shown in hours and minutes, derived from today’s computed sunrise and sunset for your location.
What are golden hour and twilight?
Golden hour is the warm light shortly after sunrise and before sunset. Civil twilight begins before sunrise (dawn) and ends after sunset (dusk). Here, approximate dawn and dusk are shown as 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset for quick reference; exact civil twilight varies by location.
Why does sunrise time in India differ by city?
India uses one standard time zone (IST), but the sun reaches the horizon at different instants east vs west. Longitude and latitude change sunrise and sunset by several minutes between cities like Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.