🪷 Hora · Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 2026-11-16

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
1Day06:08 – 07:06चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
2Day07:06 – 08:03शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
3Day08:03 – 09:01गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
4Day09:01 – 09:58मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
5Day09:58 – 10:56सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
6Day10:56 – 11:54शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
7Day11:54 – 12:51बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
8Day12:51 – 13:49चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
9Day13:49 – 14:46शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
10Day14:46 – 15:44गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
11Day15:44 – 16:42मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
12Day16:42 – 17:39सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
13Night17:39 – 18:42शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
14Night18:42 – 19:44बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
15Night19:44 – 20:47चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
16Night20:47 – 21:49शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
17Night21:49 – 22:51गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
18Night22:51 – 23:54मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
19Night23:54 – 00:56सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
20Night00:56 – 01:59शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
21Night01:59 – 03:01बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
22Night03:01 – 04:04चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
23Night04:04 – 05:06शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
24Night05:06 – 06:08गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha

Sunrise: 06:08 · Sunset: 17:39 · 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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