🪷 Hora · Birmingham, UK · 2026-12-18

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
1Day08:14 – 08:52शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day08:52 – 09:30बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day09:30 – 10:09चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day10:09 – 10:47शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:47 – 11:26गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:26 – 12:04मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:04 – 12:42सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day12:42 – 13:21शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day13:21 – 13:59बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day13:59 – 14:37चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day14:37 – 15:16शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day15:16 – 15:54गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night15:54 – 17:16मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night17:16 – 18:38सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night18:38 – 19:59शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night19:59 – 21:21बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night21:21 – 22:43चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night22:43 – 00:04शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:04 – 01:26गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:26 – 02:48मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:48 – 04:09सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night04:09 – 05:31शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night05:31 – 06:53बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night06:53 – 08:14चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 08:14 · Sunset: 15:54 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+0

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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