Hora — Planetary Hours
Twenty-four horas from sunrise, each ruled by a planet in the Chaldean order.
Date & Place
Saturday — ruled by Saturn
| # | Planet | From | To | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 6:22 AM | 7:22 AM | Avoid |
| 2 | Jupiter | 7:22 AM | 8:22 AM | Good |
| 3 | Mars | 8:22 AM | 9:22 AM | Avoid |
| 4 | Sun | 9:22 AM | 10:22 AM | Neutral |
| 5 | Venus | 10:22 AM | 11:22 AM | Good |
| 6 | Mercury | 11:22 AM | 12:22 PM | Good |
| 7 | Moon | 12:22 PM | 1:22 PM | Good |
| 8 | Saturn | 1:22 PM | 2:22 PM | Avoid |
| 9 | Jupiter | 2:22 PM | 3:22 PM | Good |
| 10 | Mars | 3:22 PM | 4:22 PM | Avoid |
| 11 | Sun | 4:22 PM | 5:22 PM | Neutral |
| 12 | Venus | 5:22 PM | 6:22 PM | Good |
| 13 | Mercury · | 6:22 PM | 7:22 PM | Good |
| 14 | Moon · | 7:22 PM | 8:22 PM | Good |
| 15 | Saturn · | 8:22 PM | 9:22 PM | Avoid |
| 16 | Jupiter · | 9:22 PM | 10:22 PM | Good |
| 17 | Mars · | 10:22 PM | 11:22 PM | Avoid |
| 18 | Sun · | 11:22 PM | 12:22 AM | Neutral |
| 19 | Venus · | 12:22 AM | 1:22 AM | Good |
| 20 | Mercury · | 1:22 AM | 2:22 AM | Good |
| 21 | Moon · | 2:22 AM | 3:22 AM | Good |
| 22 | Saturn · | 3:22 AM | 4:22 AM | Avoid |
| 23 | Jupiter · | 4:22 AM | 5:22 AM | Good |
| 24 | Mars · | 5:22 AM | 6:22 AM | Avoid |
A dot marks horas falling after sunset.
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Sunrise and sunset, Rahu Kaal with Gulika and Yamaganda, all eight Choghadiya slots, the twelve Horas — and a plain account of what choosing a time can and cannot do.
What a Hora Is
The twenty-four hours from one sunrise to the next are each ruled by a planet. These are the horas, and the system is one of the oldest in continuous use — it is the reason the days of the week carry the names they do.
The planets follow the Chaldean order, arranged by apparent speed from slowest to fastest: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's lord, and the rest follow in sequence.
Why the Weekdays Are Named as They Are
This is the elegant part, and it is worth seeing.
Start Sunday's first hora with the Sun and run twenty-four horas through the Chaldean order. The twenty-fifth hora — the first of the next day — lands on the Moon. That day is Monday, Somvar, the Moon's day.
Run another twenty-four and you land on Mars: Mangalvar. Then Mercury for Budhvar, Jupiter for Guruvar, Venus for Shukravar, Saturn for Shanivar, and back to the Sun. The entire weekday sequence, in every language that uses planetary names, falls out of this one rule.
What Each Hora Suits
Jupiter is the most favoured — ceremonies, education, finance, advice, anything auspicious. Mercury suits study, writing, accounts, trade and negotiation. Venus suits marriage matters, purchases and anything to do with comfort or beauty. Moon suits travel, public dealings and matters of the home.
Sun is read as neutral, and is used for authority, government work and matters of position. Mars and Saturn are traditionally avoided for beginnings — Mars for its association with conflict, Saturn with delay — though Saturn suits labour and long-term work.
Equal Horas and Unequal Horas
Two reckonings exist, and it is worth knowing which you are looking at.
The equal hora divides the day into twenty-four sixty-minute periods from sunrise. This is the common reckoning, and it is what this page uses.
The unequal hora divides day and night separately into twelve parts each, so day horas and night horas differ in length by season, in the same way Choghadiya does.
Both are in genuine use. The equal reckoning is far more widely applied in Indian practice, which is why it is the one shown here.
Using It Sensibly
A hora is a light tool for choosing an hour, not a system for organising a life. Picking a Mercury hora to send an important email or a Jupiter hora to sign something is a reasonable, low-cost habit.
Treating a Saturn hora as a reason to postpone something that needs doing is not, and no serious practitioner would advise it.
When a Muhurat Is Worth Having
Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and Hora are quick checks. They look at the weekday and the position within the day, and they are genuinely useful for picking an hour once the day is already settled — setting out on a journey, opening a shop, signing something routine.
What they cannot do is choose a date. A marriage, a griha pravesh, a business registration or a property purchase is decided from the full panchang weighed against the ascendant rising at the specific hour and the birth charts of the people involved. That produces a date and a narrow time window, and it is a different calculation entirely.
If you are planning something that matters, get the muhurat done properly and use these tools only within the window it gives you.