🪷 Hora · Colombo, Sri Lanka · 2026-04-06

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

Sunrise: 06:06 · Sunset: 18:20 · 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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