Kalatita (कालातीत, IAST: Kālātīta) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Beyond time; transcending the reach of Kala”. From kāla (time, or the god of death) and atīta (transcended), this name declares that Vishnu is not subject to the forward march of time that governs all creation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kāla carries the dual sense of measured time and the personification of death, making this epithet doubly powerful: the Lord transcends both the temporal sequence that ages all things and the finality of death itself. Atīta reinforces an active, completed transcendence — He has not merely escaped time but stands wholly above its domain.

Kālātīta is used as an epithet of Vishnu and occasionally of Shiva to express their shared quality of eternity; the name is pronounced 'kaa-laa-TEE-tah' and may be shortened to Kalatit in modern usage.

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Scriptural source

Kalatita appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Kalatita aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.