What is Hora (Planetary Hours)?
Hora is the system of planetary hours — a way of dividing the day and night so that each hour is ruled by one of the seven classical planets. The word "hora" is even thought to be a root of our modern word "hour". Each day has 24 horas, and each is governed by the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn in a fixed repeating order that begins at sunrise with the planet of the weekday. Because every planet favours certain activities, the hora tells you the best hour for a task: Jupiter’s hora for finance, education and auspicious acts; Mercury’s for business and communication; Venus’s for love and beauty; the Moon’s for travel; the Sun’s for authority; Mars’s for bold action; and Saturn’s for labour and long-term work. This free calculator shows today’s complete hora timings for your location, with the ruling planet and best use of each hour, instantly and at no cost.
How It Works
Enter the date and place
Choose today or any date, and your location for accurate hora times.
We assign each hour
We rule each hora by its planet in the traditional order from sunrise.
Read your horas
See each hora’s planet, time and the tasks it best supports.
What You Get
Day Horas
Planetary hours from sunrise to sunset.
Night Horas
Planetary hours from sunset to sunrise.
Ruling Planet
The planet governing each hora.
Best For
The tasks each hora supports.
Exact Times
Precise timing for each hora.
Any Date
Today or any day you choose.
Why Planetary Hours Refine Your Day
If the Choghadiya tells you which slots are broadly good, the hora tells you which planet is holding the hour — and that is a more precise kind of guidance. Each of the seven classical planets favours particular activities, so by choosing the right hora you align your task with a supportive planetary energy. Signing a financial deal in Jupiter’s hora, launching a business conversation in Mercury’s, planning a romantic evening in Venus’s, or beginning a journey in the Moon’s hora — each small alignment is thought to add a gentle tailwind. The system is elegant because it is fixed and knowable: the sequence always starts at sunrise with the weekday’s planet and repeats in a set order. With a glance you can find not just a good hour, but the right hour for exactly what you intend to do.
The Seven Horas and Their Uses
Sun
Authority, government, leadership, health.
Moon
Travel, home, public dealings, liquids.
Mars
Bold action, property, sport, surgery.
Mercury
Business, trade, writing, communication.
Jupiter
Finance, education, auspicious acts, advice.
Venus
Love, marriage, beauty, art, luxury.
Saturn
Labour, long-term work, iron, service.
How the Hora Sequence Works
Starts at sunrise
The first hora is ruled by the weekday’s planet.
Fixed order
It follows a set planetary sequence each hour.
Day and night
24 horas cover the full day and night.
Repeats
The seven planets cycle through until sunrise.
Using Hora With the Other Tools
The hora is the finishing touch on a well-timed day. Begin with the panchang for the day’s overall quality, then use the Choghadiya to find a broadly good slot and the Rahu Kaal to know what to avoid. Now bring in the hora: within your chosen slot, pick the hour whose ruling planet best matches your task. If you are also acting on something deeply personal, check your Tarabala for personal support. Layered together, these tools let you choose a moment that is good in general, safe from the inauspicious windows, aligned to the right planet for your task, and favourable to you personally. This calculator supplies the planetary-hours layer — turning "sometime today" into exactly the right hour.
Inside Your 40+ Page Report
- The full day horas (sunrise to sunset)
- The full night horas (sunset to sunrise)
- The ruling planet of each hora
- The best tasks for each hora
- The exact start and end time of each hora
- The day-lord that starts the sequence
- How to match your task to the right hora
- A complete free hora report for any date
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Day and night both
We give the complete horas for the full 24 hours, not just the day.
Task guidance
Each hora is tagged with the work it best supports.
Authentic order
Computed in the traditional planetary order from sunrise.
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