🪷 Hora · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · 1944-07-18

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
1Day05:18 – 06:26मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
2Day06:26 – 07:33सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
3Day07:33 – 08:41शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
4Day08:41 – 09:49बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
5Day09:49 – 10:56चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
6Day10:56 – 12:04शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
7Day12:04 – 13:12गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
8Day13:12 – 14:20मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
9Day14:20 – 15:27सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
10Day15:27 – 16:35शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
11Day16:35 – 17:43बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
12Day17:43 – 18:50चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
13Night18:50 – 19:43शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
14Night19:43 – 20:35गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
15Night20:35 – 21:27मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
16Night21:27 – 22:20सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
17Night22:20 – 23:12शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
18Night23:12 – 00:04बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
19Night00:04 – 00:57चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
20Night00:57 – 01:49शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
21Night01:49 – 02:41गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
22Night02:41 – 03:34मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
23Night03:34 – 04:26सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
24Night04:26 – 05:19शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters

Sunrise: 05:18 · Sunset: 18:50 · 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.

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) 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 corpusVārāṇasī (Kāśī) city-daycity-localized pañchāṅga descent for this date and kṣetraVārāṇasī (Kāśī) muhūrtaRāhu-kālam, Yamagaṇḍa, Gulika, Abhijit, Brahma, and day-muhūrta companion routeVārāṇasī (Kāśī) choghaḍiyāday and night choghaḍiyā companion route for local action windowsVārāṇasī (Kāśī) hora24-hour graha-rulership companion route for local hora selectionVārāṇasī (Kāśī) 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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