🪷 Hora · Mahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) · 2026-08-12

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
1Day05:57 – 07:00बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
2Day07:00 – 08:03चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
3Day08:03 – 09:06शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
4Day09:06 – 10:09गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
5Day10:09 – 11:11मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
6Day11:11 – 12:14सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
7Day12:14 – 13:17शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
8Day13:17 – 14:20बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
9Day14:20 – 15:23चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
10Day15:23 – 16:26शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
11Day16:26 – 17:29गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
12Day17:29 – 18:32मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
13Night18:32 – 19:29सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
14Night19:29 – 20:26शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
15Night20:26 – 21:23बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
16Night21:23 – 22:20चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
17Night22:20 – 23:17शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
18Night23:17 – 00:14गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
19Night00:14 – 01:12मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
20Night01:12 – 02:09सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
21Night02:09 – 03:06शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
22Night03:06 – 04:03बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
23Night04:03 – 05:00चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
24Night05:00 – 05:57शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā

Sunrise: 05:57 · Sunset: 18:32 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+5.5

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.

Mahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) city routepage-local city darśana, LMT, closed-science sun-times, and local kṣetra orientation/citiesmaster Bhūmi city-access source pathway and full Earth search doorwaycity search APImachine doorway for resolving the same city slug from the shipped city corpusMahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) city-daycity-localized pañchāṅga descent for this date and kṣetraMahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) muhūrtaRāhu-kālam, Yamagaṇḍa, Gulika, Abhijit, Brahma, and day-muhūrta companion routeMahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) choghaḍiyāday and night choghaḍiyā companion route for local action windowsMahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) hora24-hour graha-rulership companion route for local hora selectionMahābalipuram (Mamallapuram) complete pañchāṅgacomplete localized pañchāṅga route with muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, multi-ayanāṁśa, and local source pathwayuniversal day pathwayatomic day-axis before localization into this citymuhūrta JSON envelopemachine-readable local Rāhu-kālam, Gulika, Abhijit, and day-muhūrta datachoghaḍiyā JSON envelopemachine-readable day and night choghaḍiyā windows for this city and datehora JSON envelopemachine-readable active-hora sample for the same local city/day substrate/jyotisha-referencegraha, rāśi, nakshatra, tithi, karaṇa, and time-element source layer/samskara-muhurtarite-timing application that consumes the same city-localized time substrate/calculatorreader-local birth-chart doorway using the same city corpus/tirthassacred-geography pathway layered over city and kṣetra accessBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckonersBG 18.66surrender anchor that keeps timing support subordinate to Krishna/binducity as one kṣetra-aperture of the same Bindu-Source/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

📚 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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