🪷 Hora · Amsterdam, Netherlands · 2026-08-20

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
1Day05:32 – 06:44गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
2Day06:44 – 07:56मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
3Day07:56 – 09:08सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
4Day09:08 – 10:20शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
5Day10:20 – 11:32बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
6Day11:32 – 12:44चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
7Day12:44 – 13:56शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
8Day13:56 – 15:08गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
9Day15:08 – 16:20मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
10Day16:20 – 17:32सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
11Day17:32 – 18:44शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
12Day18:44 – 19:56बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
13Night19:56 – 20:44चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
14Night20:44 – 21:32शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
15Night21:32 – 22:20गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
16Night22:20 – 23:08मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
17Night23:08 – 23:57सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
18Night23:57 – 00:45शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
19Night00:45 – 01:33बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
20Night01:33 – 02:21चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
21Night02:21 – 03:09शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
22Night03:09 – 03:57गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
23Night03:57 – 04:45मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
24Night04:45 – 05:33सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority

Sunrise: 05:32 · Sunset: 19:56 · 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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