🪷 Hora · Durban, South Africa · 2026-04-30

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
1Day06:24 – 07:19गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
2Day07:19 – 08:14मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
3Day08:14 – 09:09सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
4Day09:09 – 10:03शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
5Day10:03 – 10:58बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
6Day10:58 – 11:53चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
7Day11:53 – 12:48शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
8Day12:48 – 13:43गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
9Day13:43 – 14:38मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
10Day14:38 – 15:33सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
11Day15:33 – 16:28शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
12Day16:28 – 17:22बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
13Night17:22 – 18:28चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
14Night18:28 – 19:33शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
15Night19:33 – 20:38गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
16Night20:38 – 21:43मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
17Night21:43 – 22:48सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
18Night22:48 – 23:54शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
19Night23:54 – 00:59बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
20Night00:59 – 02:04चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
21Night02:04 – 03:09शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
22Night03:09 – 04:14गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
23Night04:14 – 05:19मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
24Night05:19 – 06:25सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority

Sunrise: 06:24 · Sunset: 17:22 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+2

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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