🪷 Hora · Amsterdam, Netherlands · 2026-04-16

24-hour planetary-rulership cycle · sunrise-anchored · classical jyotiṣa

कालः कलयतामहम्
Hora is the 1-hour rulership-cycle of the 7 grahas (Sun-Moon-Mars-Mercury-Jupiter-Venus-Saturn) repeating across the 24-hour day. Each hora carries that graha's quality · used for selecting matching activities (Jupiter-hora for teaching · Venus-hora for arts · Saturn-hora for discipline).
#PeriodTimeRuling GrahaBest For
1Day05:40 – 06:50गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
2Day06:50 – 08:00मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
3Day08:00 – 09:10सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
4Day09:10 – 10:20शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
5Day10:20 – 11:30बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
6Day11:30 – 12:40चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
7Day12:40 – 13:50शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
8Day13:50 – 15:00गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
9Day15:00 – 16:10मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
10Day16:10 – 17:20सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
11Day17:20 – 18:30शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
12Day18:30 – 19:40बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
13Night19:40 – 20:30चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
14Night20:30 – 21:20शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
15Night21:20 – 22:10गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
16Night22:10 – 23:00मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
17Night23:00 – 23:49सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
18Night23:49 – 00:39शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
19Night00:39 – 01:29बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
20Night01:29 – 02:19चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
21Night02:19 – 03:09शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
22Night03:09 – 03:58गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
23Night03:58 – 04:48मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
24Night04:48 – 05:38सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority

Sunrise: 05:40 · Sunset: 19:40 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+1

Sources and Related Timing Tools

Continue from this Hora table to the same city-day Pañchāṅga, companion timing tools, machine-readable data, Jyotiṣa references, and Saṁskāra-muhūrta guidance. Timing supports dharma but does not replace guru, family, qualified local, medical, or legal guidance, or surrender to Krishna.

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📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Hora-Adhyāya — The treatise titled "Horā-Śāstra" itself — hora is the foundational time-unit of jyotiṣa
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta · sunrise computation — Astronomical engine behind hora boundaries
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