🪷 Hora · Chicago, USA · 2017-07-13

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
1Day04:27 – 05:42गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
2Day05:42 – 06:57मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
3Day06:57 – 08:12सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
4Day08:12 – 09:26शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
5Day09:26 – 10:41बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
6Day10:41 – 11:56चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
7Day11:56 – 13:11शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
8Day13:11 – 14:26गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
9Day14:26 – 15:41मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
10Day15:41 – 16:56सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
11Day16:56 – 18:11शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
12Day18:11 – 19:26बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
13Night19:26 – 20:11चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
14Night20:11 – 20:56शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
15Night20:56 – 21:41गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
16Night21:41 – 22:26मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
17Night22:26 – 23:11सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
18Night23:11 – 23:57शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
19Night23:57 – 00:42बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
20Night00:42 – 01:27चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
21Night01:27 – 02:12शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
22Night02:12 – 02:57गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
23Night02:57 – 03:43मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
24Night03:43 – 04:28सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority

Sunrise: 04:27 · Sunset: 19:26 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-6

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.

Chicago, USA city routepage-local city darśana, LMT, closed-science sun-times, and local kṣetra orientation/citiesmaster Bhūmi city-access source pathway and full Earth search doorwaycity search APImachine doorway for resolving the same city slug from the shipped city corpusChicago, USA city-daycity-localized pañchāṅga descent for this date and kṣetraChicago, USA muhūrtaRāhu-kālam, Yamagaṇḍa, Gulika, Abhijit, Brahma, and day-muhūrta companion routeChicago, USA choghaḍiyāday and night choghaḍiyā companion route for local action windowsChicago, USA hora24-hour graha-rulership companion route for local hora selectionChicago, USA complete pañchāṅgacomplete localized pañchāṅga route with muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, multi-ayanāṁśa, and local source pathwayuniversal day pathwayatomic day-axis before localization into this citymuhūrta JSON envelopemachine-readable local Rāhu-kālam, Gulika, Abhijit, and day-muhūrta datachoghaḍiyā JSON envelopemachine-readable day and night choghaḍiyā windows for this city and datehora JSON envelopemachine-readable active-hora sample for the same local city/day substrate/jyotisha-referencegraha, rāśi, nakshatra, tithi, karaṇa, and time-element source layer/samskara-muhurtarite-timing application that consumes the same city-localized time substrate/calculatorreader-local birth-chart doorway using the same city corpus/tirthassacred-geography pathway layered over city and kṣetra accessBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckonersBG 18.66surrender anchor that keeps timing support subordinate to Krishna/binducity as one kṣetra-aperture of the same Bindu-Source/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

📚 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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