| Season | Opens | Darshan | Closes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekdays (Mon to Thu) | 6:00 am | General darshan runs through the day; abhishekam slots around 6:00 am, 7:00 am, 10:00 am and 5:00 pm | 9:00 pm | Open |
| Weekend and Friday | 6:00 am | Heavier footfall; special darshan and seva queues busiest in the morning | 9:30 pm | Open |
| Maha Shivaratri and Brahmotsavam | Pre-dawn | Round-the-clock darshan on Shivaratri; Lingodbhavam and Rudrabhishekam done in Ekantham (privately) | Late night | Open |
| Solar / lunar eclipse (Grahan) days | 6:00 am | Remains open when almost every other temple closes; the temple is not shut for eclipses | 9:00 pm | Open |
Srikalahasti keeps long hours, generally 6:00 am to 9:00 pm on weekdays and stretching to about 9:30 pm on Fridays, weekends and festival days. There is no single long midday shutdown as at some South Indian temples; instead the day is organised around fixed seva slots, so the sanctum stays accessible but the ritual you can witness depends on the hour. The temple opens with Suprabhata Seva around 6 am, and abhishekams cluster at roughly 6, 7 and 10 am and again at 5 pm.
The timing that makes Srikalahasti unique is its eclipse policy. Where nearly every Hindu temple closes during a solar or lunar grahan, Srikalahasti stays open, and many devotees deliberately time Rahu-Ketu puja to the eclipse window. On Maha Shivaratri the temple effectively runs around the clock, with Lingodbhavam and Rudrabhishekam performed in Ekantham (privately) during Brahmotsavam. Because slots move on amavasya, festival and eclipse days, treat every printed time as approximate and reconfirm at the temple office on arrival.
← Back to the full Srikalahasti darshan guideCompiled from public sources including Wikipedia: Srikalahasteeswara temple · Wikipedia: Srikalahasti (town) · GoTirupati: Srikalahasti Rahu Ketu Pooja timings and cost · GoTirupati: Srikalahasti temple timings, abhishekam, seva. Timings and seasonal closures change; confirm with the temple trust before travelling.