🪷 Hora · Kathmandu, Nepal · 2026-01-16

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
1Day06:55 – 07:48शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day07:48 – 08:41बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day08:41 – 09:34चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day09:34 – 10:27शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:27 – 11:20गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:20 – 12:13मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:13 – 13:06सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:06 – 13:59शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day13:59 – 14:52बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day14:52 – 15:45चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day15:45 – 16:38शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day16:38 – 17:31गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night17:31 – 18:38मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night18:38 – 19:45सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night19:45 – 20:52शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night20:52 – 21:59बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night21:59 – 23:06चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:06 – 00:13शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:13 – 01:20गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:20 – 02:27मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:27 – 03:34सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night03:34 – 04:41शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night04:41 – 05:48बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night05:48 – 06:55चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 06:55 · Sunset: 17:31 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+5.75

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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