🪷 Hora · Colombo, Sri Lanka · 2017-08-25

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
1Day06:04 – 07:05शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day07:05 – 08:07बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day08:07 – 09:08चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day09:08 – 10:10शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:10 – 11:11गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:11 – 12:13मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:13 – 13:14सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:14 – 14:16शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day14:16 – 15:17बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day15:17 – 16:19चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day16:19 – 17:20शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day17:20 – 18:22गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night18:22 – 19:20मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night19:20 – 20:19सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night20:19 – 21:17शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night21:17 – 22:16बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night22:16 – 23:14चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:14 – 00:13शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:13 – 01:11गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:11 – 02:10मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:10 – 03:08सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night03:08 – 04:07शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night04:07 – 05:05बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night05:05 – 06:04चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 06:04 · Sunset: 18:22 · 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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