🪷 Hora · Amsterdam, Netherlands · 2026-04-17

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
1Day05:38 – 06:48शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day06:48 – 07:59बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day07:59 – 09:09चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day09:09 – 10:19शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:19 – 11:30गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:30 – 12:40मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:40 – 13:50सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:50 – 15:01शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day15:01 – 16:11बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day16:11 – 17:21चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day17:21 – 18:32शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day18:32 – 19:42गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night19:42 – 20:32मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night20:32 – 21:21सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night21:21 – 22:11शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night22:11 – 23:00बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night23:00 – 23:50चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:50 – 00:39शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:39 – 01:28गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:28 – 02:18मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:18 – 03:07सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night03:07 – 03:57शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night03:57 – 04:46बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night04:46 – 05:36चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 05:38 · Sunset: 19:42 · 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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