🪷 Hora · Edison, NJ, USA · 2026-04-08

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
1Day05:30 – 06:35बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
2Day06:35 – 07:40चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
3Day07:40 – 08:45शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
4Day08:45 – 09:50गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
5Day09:50 – 10:55मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
6Day10:55 – 12:00सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
7Day12:00 – 13:05शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
8Day13:05 – 14:10बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
9Day14:10 – 15:15चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
10Day15:15 – 16:20शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
11Day16:20 – 17:25गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
12Day17:25 – 18:30मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
13Night18:30 – 19:24सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
14Night19:24 – 20:19शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
15Night20:19 – 21:14बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
16Night21:14 – 22:09चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
17Night22:09 – 23:04शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
18Night23:04 – 23:59गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
19Night23:59 – 00:54मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
20Night00:54 – 01:49सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
21Night01:49 – 02:44शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
22Night02:44 – 03:38बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
23Night03:38 – 04:33चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
24Night04:33 – 05:28शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā

Sunrise: 05:30 · Sunset: 18:30 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-5

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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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