🪷 Hora · Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 2026-09-16

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
1Day05:58 – 06:59बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
2Day06:59 – 08:00चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
3Day08:00 – 09:01शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
4Day09:01 – 10:02गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
5Day10:02 – 11:03मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
6Day11:03 – 12:04सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
7Day12:04 – 13:05शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
8Day13:05 – 14:06बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
9Day14:06 – 15:07चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
10Day15:07 – 16:08शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
11Day16:08 – 17:09गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
12Day17:09 – 18:10मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
13Night18:10 – 19:09सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
14Night19:09 – 20:08शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
15Night20:08 – 21:07बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
16Night21:07 – 22:06चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
17Night22:06 – 23:05शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
18Night23:05 – 00:04गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
19Night00:04 – 01:03मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
20Night01:03 – 02:02सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
21Night02:02 – 03:01शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
22Night03:01 – 04:00बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
23Night04:00 – 04:59चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
24Night04:59 – 05:58शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā

Sunrise: 05:58 · Sunset: 18:10 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+5.5

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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