🪷 Hora · Durban, South Africa · 2026-11-15

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
1Day04:52 – 06:00सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
2Day06:00 – 07:08शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
3Day07:08 – 08:16बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
4Day08:16 – 09:24चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
5Day09:24 – 10:32शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
6Day10:32 – 11:40गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
7Day11:40 – 12:49मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
8Day12:49 – 13:57सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
9Day13:57 – 15:05शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
10Day15:05 – 16:13बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
11Day16:13 – 17:21चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
12Day17:21 – 18:29शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
13Night18:29 – 19:21गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
14Night19:21 – 20:13मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
15Night20:13 – 21:05सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
16Night21:05 – 21:57शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
17Night21:57 – 22:48बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
18Night22:48 – 23:40चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
19Night23:40 – 00:32शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
20Night00:32 – 01:24गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
21Night01:24 – 02:16मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
22Night02:16 – 03:07सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
23Night03:07 – 03:59शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
24Night03:59 – 04:51बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga

Sunrise: 04:52 · Sunset: 18:29 · 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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