🪷 Hora · Colombo, Sri Lanka · 2026-09-08

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

Sunrise: 06:02 · Sunset: 18:15 · 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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