🪷 Hora · Tokyo, Japan · 2026-05-18

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
1Day04:34 – 05:44चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
2Day05:44 – 06:55शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
3Day06:55 – 08:06गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
4Day08:06 – 09:16मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
5Day09:16 – 10:27सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
6Day10:27 – 11:38शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
7Day11:38 – 12:49बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
8Day12:49 – 13:59चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
9Day13:59 – 15:10शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
10Day15:10 – 16:21गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
11Day16:21 – 17:31मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
12Day17:31 – 18:42सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
13Night18:42 – 19:31शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
14Night19:31 – 20:20बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
15Night20:20 – 21:10चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
16Night21:10 – 21:59शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
17Night21:59 – 22:48गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
18Night22:48 – 23:37मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
19Night23:37 – 00:27सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
20Night00:27 – 01:16शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
21Night01:16 – 02:05बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
22Night02:05 – 02:55चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
23Night02:55 – 03:44शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
24Night03:44 – 04:33गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha

Sunrise: 04:34 · Sunset: 18:42 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC+9

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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