Hora today
The planetary hour. There are twenty-four between one sunrise and the next, each ruled by a graha, and the day horas are not the same length as the night ones.
Today’s horas
New Delhi · 11 August 2026A day hora runs 66 minutes today and a night hora 53. Daylight is divided by twelve, and darkness is divided by twelve, separately. The usual shortcut is twenty-four equal hours from sunrise, and that puts every lord in the wrong place by dusk.
| # | From | Lord | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05:49–06:55 | Mars | courage, sport, cutting, disputes |
| 2 | 06:55–08:01 | Sun | authority, applications, anything official |
| 3 | 08:01–09:07 | Venus | marriage, art, comfort, buying |
| 4 | 09:07–10:13 | Mercury | study, writing, trade, negotiation |
| 5 | 10:13–11:19 | Moon | travel, water, talking to family |
| 6 | 11:19–12:26 | Saturn | labour, iron, land, long slow work |
| 7 | 12:26–13:32 | Jupiter | money, teaching, ceremony, advice |
| 8 | 13:32–14:38 | Mars | courage, sport, cutting, disputes |
| 9 | 14:38–15:44 | Sun | authority, applications, anything official |
| 10 | 15:44–16:50 | Venus | marriage, art, comfort, buying |
| 11 | 16:50–17:56 | Mercury | study, writing, trade, negotiation |
| 12 | 17:56–19:03 | Moon | travel, water, talking to family |
| 13 | 19:03–19:56 | Saturn | labour, iron, land, long slow work |
| 14 | 19:56–20:50 | Jupiter | money, teaching, ceremony, advice |
| 15 | 20:50–21:44 | Mars | courage, sport, cutting, disputes |
| 16 | 21:44–22:38 | Sun | authority, applications, anything official |
| 17 | 22:38–23:32 | Venus | marriage, art, comfort, buying |
| 18 | 23:32–00:26 | Mercury | study, writing, trade, negotiation |
| 19 | 00:26–01:19 | Moon | travel, water, talking to family |
| 20 | 01:19–02:13 | Saturn | labour, iron, land, long slow work |
| 21 | 02:13–03:07 | Jupiter | money, teaching, ceremony, advice |
| 22 | 03:07–04:01 | Mars | courage, sport, cutting, disputes |
| 23 | 04:01–04:55 | Sun | authority, applications, anything official |
| 24 | 04:55–05:49 | Venus | marriage, art, comfort, buying |
Which graha starts the day
and why the week is in this orderThe first hora after sunrise belongs to the day’s own graha, and the rest follow the Chaldean order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Count twenty-four horas from the Sun’s hora on Sunday and you reach the Moon’s, which is Monday. The names of the days of the week come out of this, in Sanskrit and in English both.
| Day | First hora | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| SundayRavivar | Sun | authority, applications, anything official |
| MondaySomvar | Moon | travel, water, talking to family |
| TuesdayMangalvar | Mars | courage, sport, cutting, disputes |
| WednesdayBudhvar | Mercury | study, writing, trade, negotiation |
| ThursdayGuruvar | Jupiter | money, teaching, ceremony, advice |
| FridayShukravar | Venus | marriage, art, comfort, buying |
| SaturdayShanivar | Saturn | labour, iron, land, long slow work |
The rest of the panchang
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