Hora, the unit of time called as "Hour" in English, plays an important role in Vedic Astrology. It is called Subha Horai in Tamil, i.e. the good or auspicious hour. Hour is the unit to measure time, likewise Hora is also a unit to measure time period of different planets in a day. Astrologically, the major planets are seven in number. Hence hora has seven types. It is classified in seven types by the name of the planets. It has been derived from two words "Aho" and "Ratra" which means "Day" and "Night" respectively.
Note:Hora is calculated based on the sunrise and the sunset time of your city.Today's Hora | Entry Time | Exit Time | Hora is Auspicious for |
Venus (Shukra) | 06:53:17 AM | 07:45:46 AM | Love, marriage, ornaments, entertainment, dance |
Mercury (Budh) | 07:45:46 AM | 08:38:15 AM | Trade, learning, astrology, reading & writing |
Moon (Chandra) | 08:38:15 AM | 09:30:45 AM | Travelling, romance, ornaments, art |
Saturn (Shani) | 09:30:45 AM | 10:23:14 AM | Labor, iron, oil, servants, renunciation |
Jupiter (Guru) | 10:23:14 AM | 11:15:43 AM | Auspicious for everything: work, jobs, business |
Mars (Mangal) | 11:15:43 AM | 12:08:12 PM | Land & Agriculture, brother, engineering, sports |
Sun (Surya) | 12:08:12 PM | 1:00:41 PM | Politics, Govt dealing, Govt Jobs, court, adventure |
Venus (Shukra) | 1:00:41 PM | 1:53:10 PM | Love, marriage, ornaments, entertainment, dance |
Mercury (Budh) | 1:53:10 PM | 2:45:40 PM | Trade, learning, astrology, reading & writing |
Moon (Chandra) | 2:45:40 PM | 3:38:09 PM | Travelling, romance, ornaments, art |
Saturn (Shani) | 3:38:09 PM | 4:30:38 PM | Labor, iron, oil, servants, renunciation |
Jupiter (Guru) | 4:30:38 PM | 5:23:07 PM | Auspicious for everything: work, jobs, business |
Mars (Mangal) | 5:23:07 PM | 6:30:38 PM | Land & Agriculture, brother, engineering, sports |
Sun (Surya) | 6:30:38 PM | 7:38:09 PM | Politics, Govt dealing, Govt Jobs, court, adventure |
Venus (Shukra) | 7:38:09 PM | 8:45:40 PM | Love, marriage, ornaments, entertainment, dance |
Mercury (Budh) | 8:45:40 PM | 9:53:10 PM | Trade, learning, astrology, reading & writing |
Moon (Chandra) | 9:53:10 PM | 11:00:41 PM | Travelling, romance, ornaments, art |
Saturn (Shani) | 11:00:41 PM | 00:08:12 AM | Labor, iron, oil, servants, renunciation |
Jupiter (Guru) | 00:08:12 AM | 01:15:43 AM | Auspicious for everything: work, jobs, business |
Mars (Mangal) | 01:15:43 AM | 02:23:14 AM | Land & Agriculture, brother, engineering, sports |
Sun (Surya) | 02:23:14 AM | 03:30:45 AM | Politics, Govt dealing, Govt Jobs, court, adventure |
Venus (Shukra) | 03:30:45 AM | 04:38:15 AM | Love, marriage, ornaments, entertainment, dance |
Mercury (Budh) | 04:38:15 AM | 05:45:46 AM | Trade, learning, astrology, reading & writing |
Moon (Chandra) | 05:45:46 AM | 06:53:17 AM | Travelling, romance, ornaments, art |
Hora entered into English from Spanish route. It is an interesting fact that Hora means "Time" in Spanish too. However, this word has been first introduced by the Maharishi Parashara in his creation "Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra" that means the "scientific study of Astrology". The word "Shastra" means "Science" and combined "Hora Shastra" means "the scientific study of time". Hora is a Sanskrit word, which means the duration from one sunrise to next sunrise. While Horai is a word that is used in Tamil for Hora.
Hora is a branch of traditional Vedic Astrology named as "Jyotish" in Hindi and Sanskrit. There are 7 different Horas or Horai and total 24 Horas fall in a day. It is basically a one hour duration in a day, ruled by certain planet. Did you ever notice the order of weekdays? Why is it following this chronological order? Like Sunday comes first, then Monday and so on till Saturday. The whole mystery can be understood through "Hora". For that, we need to first understand about the "Hora Chakra". Like a Rahu Kaal and Chaughadia , Hora is also a part of Muhurat.
Mostly, we consult with an Astrologer or Pandit in order to find auspicious Muhurat. However, sometimes we fail to consult with an astrologer due to various reasons. Hence "Jyotish Shastra" has introduced the technique named as "Hora Chakra". Now, "Hora Cycle" helps to the person in determining the good Muhurta to start any good task. Horas are seven in number and they use to follow a cyclic pattern during whole day and night. It revolves for 24 hours for a particular time period or hour, that period may be favourable for you to commence any new activity. If we consider the heliocentric system of planets, based on their speeds, we may find the Moon has the highest speed among all these planets. Now, list all these planets based on their speeds and distances from Sun, we get the order as Moon , Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars , Jupiter and Saturn. However, Moon is a satellite astronomically but we take it as a planet astrologically as it is influencing the planet Earth.
Horai can be calculated by the certain time, ruled by certain planet, within a day of a week. The hora day starts from one sunrise and ends on next sunrise. The Hora can be of two types for a day named as:
The one hour duration in a day is known as Hora, ruled by certain planet. We all know that there are 24 hours in a day, hence Horas are also 24 defined in the Vedic Astrology. The following chart can provide you the information regarding the day and the planet ruling the one hour duration. To understand the Horaphala of any day of a week, you need to first know the local sunrise time at your place on that particular day.
Day time Horas - From Sunrise to Sunset | ||||||||||||
Weekday | 1st hour | 2nd hour | 3rd hour | 4th hour | 5th hour | 6th hour | 7th hour | 8th hour | 9th hour | 10th hour | 11th hour | 12th hour |
Sunday | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat |
Monday | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun |
Tuesday | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon |
Wednesday | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars |
Thursday | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer |
Friday | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup |
Saturday | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven |
Night time Horas - From Sunset to Sunrise | ||||||||||||
Sunday | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer |
Monday | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup |
Tuesday | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven |
Wednesday | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat |
Thursday | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun |
Friday | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon |
Saturday | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars | Sun | Ven | Mer | Moon | Sat | Jup | Mars |
Therefore, It is good to check Subha Horai before commencing any new task. Mostly, people are unable to approach an astrologer very frequently. They can quickly check Hora of that particular day and start their work. They can also get an idea whether the work done during any hour of that particular day will fructify or not.
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