Sunrise & Sunset Calculator

Sunrise and sunset are the moments the Sun's upper edge crosses the true horizon at a specific latitude and longitude — not a rounded, timezone-wide estimate. Because the Earth's orbit and axial tilt mean day length changes continuously through the year, and because two cities in the same timezone can be hundreds of kilometers apart in longitude, exact sunrise/sunset genuinely depends on your specific coordinates and date, not just the calendar.

In Vedic astrology, sunrise isn't just a clock time — it's a reference point the whole day is built around. The vara (weekday) of a panchang is assigned relative to local sunrise, not midnight, so a birth or event in the very early morning hours can technically belong to the previous weekday. Sunrise is also the anchor for hora (planetary hour) and choghadiya (muhurta) timelines, which divide the day and night into unequal segments starting from that exact moment.

This calculator uses the same solar ephemeris as TaraQi's full birth chart and Panchang Today calculator, so the sunrise/sunset times here are consistent with every other TaraQi calculation for the same date and place — nothing here is a separate, looser approximation.

If you're checking sunrise/sunset to plan a ritual, a photo shoot, or just curiosity about day length, this page stands alone. If you're trying to understand a panchang, a hora window, or a birth chart's Lagna, this is the astronomical foundation all three are built on.