🪷 Hora · Seattle, USA · 2016-05-16

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
1Day04:30 – 05:46चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
2Day05:46 – 07:02शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
3Day07:02 – 08:18गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
4Day08:18 – 09:34मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
5Day09:34 – 10:50सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
6Day10:50 – 12:06शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
7Day12:06 – 13:22बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
8Day13:22 – 14:38चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
9Day14:38 – 15:54शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
10Day15:54 – 17:10गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
11Day17:10 – 18:26मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
12Day18:26 – 19:42सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
13Night19:42 – 20:26शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
14Night20:26 – 21:10बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
15Night21:10 – 21:53चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
16Night21:53 – 22:37शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
17Night22:37 – 23:21गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
18Night23:21 – 00:05मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
19Night00:05 – 00:49सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
20Night00:49 – 01:33शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
21Night01:33 – 02:17बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
22Night02:17 – 03:01चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
23Night03:01 – 03:45शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
24Night03:45 – 04:28गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha

Sunrise: 04:30 · Sunset: 19:42 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-8

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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