🪷 Hora · Washington DC, USA · 2026-06-24

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
1Day04:43 – 05:58बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
2Day05:58 – 07:12चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
3Day07:12 – 08:27शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
4Day08:27 – 09:41गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
5Day09:41 – 10:56मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
6Day10:56 – 12:11सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
7Day12:11 – 13:25शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
8Day13:25 – 14:40बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
9Day14:40 – 15:54चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
10Day15:54 – 17:09शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
11Day17:09 – 18:23गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
12Day18:23 – 19:38मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
13Night19:38 – 20:23सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
14Night20:23 – 21:09शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
15Night21:09 – 21:54बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
16Night21:54 – 22:40चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
17Night22:40 – 23:25शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā
18Night23:25 – 00:11गुरु (Guru/Bṛhaspati)Auspicious for: teaching, dharmic work, religious ceremonies, vidyārambha
19Night00:11 – 00:56मङ्गल (Maṅgala)Auspicious for: sports, surgery, courage-acts, real-estate (avoid for harmony work)
20Night00:56 – 01:42सूर्य (Sūrya)Auspicious for: leadership, government work, royal audiences, dharmic authority
21Night01:42 – 02:27शुक्र (Śukra)Auspicious for: arts, music, marriage, jewelry, beauty, romantic matters
22Night02:27 – 03:13बुध (Budha)Auspicious for: communication, business, study, writing, meetings, vāk-prayoga
23Night03:13 – 03:58चन्द्र (Candra)Auspicious for: emotional matters, mother-related, public speech, water-rituals
24Night03:58 – 04:44शनि (Śani)Auspicious for: discipline, labor, technology, debt-clearance, śani-pūjā

Sunrise: 04:43 · Sunset: 19:38 · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-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.

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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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