Date & location
Hora timings (planetary hours)
The 24 horas of the day and night with their ruling planet - choose a favourable hour for the task at hand.
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Each day and night is divided into twelve unequal horas (planetary hours). The first hora after sunrise is ruled by the lord of the weekday, and the rest follow the descending Chaldean order. Picking a hora ruled by a planet friendly to your task - Jupiter for learning, Mercury for business, Venus for relationships - is a simple, popular timing aid.
Sivayan computes the horas from precise local sunrise and sunset (Swiss Ephemeris) for any date and city.
What you get
Day horas
Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset with start/end times.
Night horas
Twelve horas from sunset to the next sunrise.
Ruling planet
The lord of each hora in the Chaldean order.
Nature
Auspicious (Jupiter/Venus/Mercury/Moon) vs cautious (Mars/Saturn/Sun).
Any date & city
Computed from real local sunrise/sunset.
Activity timing
Match the hora's planet to your task for a quick muhurat.
Common questions
A planetary hour - one of the twelve unequal divisions of the daytime (and twelve of the night), each ruled by a planet.
Jupiter for study and finance, Mercury for trade and communication, Venus for relationships and the arts, Moon for travel and emotions, Sun for authority.
The first hora after sunrise is ruled by the weekday lord (Sun on Sunday, Moon on Monday, and so on).
Yes - they're derived from local sunrise and sunset, so they shift by date and place.