🪷 Hora · Melbourne, Australia · 2026-04-24

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 – 07:49शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day07:49 – 08:43बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day08:43 – 09:37चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day09:37 – 10:31शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day10:31 – 11:24गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:24 – 12:18मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:18 – 13:12सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:12 – 14:06शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day14:06 – 15:00बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day15:00 – 15:54चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day15:54 – 16:48शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day16:48 – 17:42गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night17:42 – 18:48मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night18:48 – 19:54सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night19:54 – 21:00शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night21:00 – 22:07बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night22:07 – 23:13चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:13 – 00:19शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:19 – 01:25गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:25 – 02:31मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night02:31 – 03:37सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night03:37 – 04:44शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night04:44 – 05:50बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night05:50 – 06:56चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 06:55 · Sunset: 17:42 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+10

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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