🪷 Hora · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · 2026-01-20

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
1Day06:31 – 07:27मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
2Day07:27 – 08:23सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
3Day08:23 – 09:19शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
4Day09:19 – 10:16बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
5Day10:16 – 11:12चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
6Day11:12 – 12:08शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
7Day12:08 – 13:04गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
8Day13:04 – 14:00मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
9Day14:00 – 14:57सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
10Day14:57 – 15:53शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
11Day15:53 – 16:49बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
12Day16:49 – 17:45चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
13Night17:45 – 18:49शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
14Night18:49 – 19:53गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
15Night19:53 – 20:57मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
16Night20:57 – 22:00सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
17Night22:00 – 23:04शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
18Night23:04 – 00:08बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
19Night00:08 – 01:12चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
20Night01:12 – 02:16शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
21Night02:16 – 03:19गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
22Night03:19 – 04:23मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
23Night04:23 – 05:27सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
24Night05:27 – 06:31शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters

Sunrise: 06:31 · Sunset: 17:45 · 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.

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 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 corpusVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh city-daycity-localized pañchāṅga descent for this date and kṣetraVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh muhūrtaRāhu-kālam, Yamagaṇḍa, Gulika, Abhijit, Brahma, and day-muhūrta companion routeVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh choghaḍiyāday and night choghaḍiyā companion route for local action windowsVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh hora24-hour graha-rulership companion route for local hora selectionVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 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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