Brahma
The creator god and first member of the Trimurti. Brahma created the universe and all creatures. Depicted with four heads facing the four directions, representing omniscience.
Divine domains
Gods of Time
10 deities from 8 traditions whose entries in this atlas list time among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Hindu
Shiva
The destroyer and transformer, third member of the Trimurti. Shiva destroys the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle to allow recreation. God of meditation, yoga, and the arts.
Kali
Fierce goddess of time, change, death, and ultimate reality. A form of Parvati/Durga. Despite her terrifying appearance, she destroys evil and liberates devotees from ego and illusion.
Aztec
Xiuhtecuhtli
The god of fire, time, and the calendar. Xiuhtecuhtli was the oldest deity, dwelling at the center of the universe in the hearth fire that connected all realms. He presided over the New Fire ceremony every 52 years.
Egyptian
Thoth
God of wisdom, writing, and magic. Inventor of hieroglyphs and scribe of the gods. He records the results of the weighing of hearts ceremony.
Japanese
Tsukuyomi
God of the moon and night. Brother of Amaterasu and Susanoo. Represents night, time, and the lunar cycle. Ruler of the night realm.
Mesoamerican
Kinich Ahau
The Maya sun god with large square eyes and jaguar features. Kinich Ahau rules the daytime sky and transforms into the Jaguar God when traveling through the underworld at night.
Mesopotamian
Sin
The moon god and lord of the night sky. Sin is the father of the sun god Shamash and the goddess Inanna, and the keeper of time through the lunar calendar.
Persian
Zurvan
Infinite Time, whom a Sasanian-era current of Zoroastrian thought made the father of both Ohrmazd and Ahriman, born as twins from his sacrifice and his doubt; known mainly from hostile Christian and Armenian writers, and rejected by later orthodoxy.
Roman
Janus
God of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. Uniquely Roman deity with no Greek equivalent. Depicted with two faces looking to past and future.
Parallels across traditions
Editorial comparisons recorded on these entries; a shared role does not establish a shared origin.
Sin (Mesopotamian) and Thoth (Egyptian)
Both are moon gods associated with wisdom and the measurement of time
Compare Sin and Thoth
Quick answers
- Who is the Hindu god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Hindu deities whose domains include time are Brahma, Shiva and Kali.
- Who is the Aztec god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Aztec deity whose domains include time is Xiuhtecuhtli.
- Who is the Egyptian god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Egyptian deity whose domains include time is Thoth.
- Who is the Japanese god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include time is Tsukuyomi.
- Who is the Mesoamerican god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesoamerican deity whose domains include time is Kinich Ahau.
- Who is the Mesopotamian god of time?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesopotamian deity whose domains include time is Sin.
Related domains
Built from each deity's catalog entry. See every domain side by side on Divine Domains, or browse every cross-pantheon parallel.