🪷 Hora · Kathmandu, Nepal · 2026-02-20

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
1Day06:36 – 07:33शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day07:33 – 08:30बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day08:30 – 09:27चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day09:27 – 10:24शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:24 – 11:21गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:21 – 12:17मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:17 – 13:14सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:14 – 14:11शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day14:11 – 15:08बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day15:08 – 16:05चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day16:05 – 17:02शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day17:02 – 17:58गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night17:58 – 19:02मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night19:02 – 20:05सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night20:05 – 21:08शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night21:08 – 22:11बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night22:11 – 23:14चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:14 – 00:17शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:17 – 01:20गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:20 – 02:23मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:23 – 03:26सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night03:26 – 04:29शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night04:29 – 05:32बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night05:32 – 06:36चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 06:36 · Sunset: 17:58 · 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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