🪷 Hora · Durban, South Africa · 2026-08-23

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
1Day06:21 – 07:17सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
2Day07:17 – 08:14शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
3Day08:14 – 09:10बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
4Day09:10 – 10:06चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
5Day10:06 – 11:02शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
6Day11:02 – 11:59गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
7Day11:59 – 12:55मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
8Day12:55 – 13:51सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
9Day13:51 – 14:48शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
10Day14:48 – 15:44बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
11Day15:44 – 16:40चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
12Day16:40 – 17:36शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
13Night17:36 – 18:40गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
14Night18:40 – 19:44मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
15Night19:44 – 20:47सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
16Night20:47 – 21:51शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
17Night21:51 – 22:55बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
18Night22:55 – 23:58चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
19Night23:58 – 01:02शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
20Night01:02 – 02:05गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
21Night02:05 – 03:09मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
22Night03:09 – 04:13सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
23Night04:13 – 05:16शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
24Night05:16 – 06:20बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga

Sunrise: 06:21 · Sunset: 17:36 · 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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