🪷 Hora · Washington DC, USA · 2026-04-17

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
1Day05:28 – 06:35शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
2Day06:35 – 07:42बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
3Day07:42 – 08:48चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
4Day08:48 – 09:55शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
5Day09:55 – 11:01गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
6Day11:01 – 12:08मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
7Day12:08 – 13:14सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
8Day13:14 – 14:21शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
9Day14:21 – 15:28बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
10Day15:28 – 16:34चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
11Day16:34 – 17:41शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
12Day17:41 – 18:47गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
13Night18:47 – 19:41मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
14Night19:41 – 20:34सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
15Night20:34 – 21:27शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
16Night21:27 – 22:20बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
17Night22:20 – 23:14चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
18Night23:14 – 00:07शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
19Night00:07 – 01:00गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
20Night01:00 – 01:54मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
21Night01:54 – 02:47सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
22Night02:47 – 03:40शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
23Night03:40 – 04:34बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
24Night04:34 – 05:27चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals

Sunrise: 05:28 · Sunset: 18:47 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-5

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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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