🪷 Hora · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · 2008-10-17

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
1Day05:58 – 06:55शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day06:55 – 07:53बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day07:53 – 08:51चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day08:51 – 09:48शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day09:48 – 10:46गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day10:46 – 11:43मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day11:43 – 12:41सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day12:41 – 13:39शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day13:39 – 14:36बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day14:36 – 15:34चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day15:34 – 16:32शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day16:32 – 17:29गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night17:29 – 18:32मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night18:32 – 19:34सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night19:34 – 20:37शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night20:37 – 21:39बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night21:39 – 22:41चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night22:41 – 23:44शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night23:44 – 00:46गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night00:46 – 01:49मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night01:49 – 02:51सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night02:51 – 03:53शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night03:53 – 04:56बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night04:56 – 05:58चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 05:58 · Sunset: 17:29 · 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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