What is Hora?

Hora (होरा) is a planetary time period: one of twelve divisions of daylight or twelve divisions of the night.

Each day-hora is one-twelfth of sunrise to sunset. Each night-hora is one-twelfth of sunset to next sunrise. A hora equals 60 minutes only when the corresponding daylight or night lasts exactly 12 hours.

The order of planets

The seven traditional rulers follow this repeating order:

Saturn → Jupiter → Mars → Sun → Venus → Mercury → Moon

The first hora after sunrise belongs to the weekday's planet. The sequence then continues through the day and night. It does not restart at sunset or midnight.

A worked example

For Delhi on Friday, 2 October 2026, the first hora is Venus, 06:14-07:13. Mercury follows from 07:13 to 08:13, then the Moon from 08:13 to 09:12. Displayed times are given to the minute.

The night starts at sunset, 18:06, with Mars. Its last hora, ruled by the Moon, ends at the next sunrise, 06:15 on 3 October.

How to read the dashboard

The Planetary Hora panel has separate Day and Night lists. On today's view, it highlights the active period. Night ranges after midnight belong to the following calendar date in city time.

Hora is used in traditional activity-specific timing, but these planet labels do not change the dashboard's Now verdict. A Venus hora and an Avoid label can coexist because they describe different layers.

This daily timeline is also distinct from a D2 Hora divisional chart in Kundli, despite the shared word.

See the Panchang reading guide, or today's planetary hours on the Delhi dashboard.