Which hora is running right now?

The chart above marks the current hora for the shown city with a "now" chip — a new hora begins every sixty minutes, counted from the local sunrise. Open your own city's page for its live chart.

Which hora is good for buying gold or starting an investment?

Jupiter's hora is the classical choice for gold, wealth and anything meant to grow; Venus's hora suits jewellery and luxury purchases, and Mercury's suits trade and paperwork. Check the day chart above for their exact times today.

Is the first hora always the weekday's lord?

Yes — that is the defining rule. The Sun opens Sunday, the Moon Monday, Mars Tuesday, Mercury Wednesday, Jupiter Thursday, Venus Friday and Saturn Saturday, each from that day's sunrise; the fixed sequence then carries every following hora.

Do hora timings change from city to city?

Yes. Horas are counted from the local sunrise, so the boundaries shift with the city and with the season — the sequence of lords is universal, the clock times are local.

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Hora Today — Planetary Hours

A hora is a planetary hour. The first hora of each day belongs to the weekday's lord, and the sequence Sun → Venus → Mercury → Moon → Saturn → Jupiter → Mars then repeats through all 24 hours. Horas of Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon are auspicious; today's chart for your city is below.

Today's horas in Mumbai

Showing Mumbai based on your location. Horas count from the local sunrise — pick your own city from the list further down.

Hora (planetary hours)

Each hora here is a 60-minute planetary hour counted from sunrise — the classical Kala Hora sequence, where the first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's lord. Some panchangs instead divide day and night separately into twelve unequal horas each.

Day horas

Hora lord	Nature	Time
Moon	Auspicious	06:11 – 07:11
Saturn	Inauspicious	07:11 – 08:11
Jupiter	Auspicious	08:11 – 09:11
Mars	Inauspicious	09:11 – 10:11
Sun	Inauspicious	10:11 – 11:11
Venus	Auspicious	11:11 – 12:11
Mercury	Auspicious	12:11 – 13:11
Moon	Auspicious	13:11 – 14:11
Saturn	Inauspicious	14:11 – 15:11
Jupiter	Auspicious	15:11 – 16:11
Mars	Inauspicious	16:11 – 17:11
Sun	Inauspicious	17:11 – 18:11
Venus	Auspicious	18:11 – 19:11
Mercury	Auspicious	19:11 – 20:11

Night horas

Hora lord	Nature	Time
Moon	Auspicious	20:11 – 21:11
Saturn	Inauspicious	21:11 – 22:11
Jupiter	Auspicious	22:11 – 23:11
Mars	Inauspicious	23:11 – 00:11⁺¹
Sun	Inauspicious	00:11⁺¹ – 01:11⁺¹
Venus	Auspicious	01:11⁺¹ – 02:11⁺¹
Mercury	Auspicious	02:11⁺¹ – 03:11⁺¹
Moon	Auspicious	03:11⁺¹ – 04:11⁺¹
Saturn	Inauspicious	04:11⁺¹ – 05:11⁺¹
Jupiter	Auspicious	05:11⁺¹ – 06:11⁺¹

Full Hora page for Mumbai →

Hora chart by weekday — day horas

The first twelve horas from sunrise for each weekday, on a 06:00-sunrise reference day. The first hora always belongs to the weekday's lord — that is, in fact, where the weekday names come from. Actual start times follow your city's real sunrise; open your city's page for exact horas.

Weekday	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00
Sunday	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn
Monday	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun
Tuesday	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon
Wednesday	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars
Thursday	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury
Friday	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter
Saturday	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus	Mercury	Moon	Saturn	Jupiter	Mars	Sun	Venus

What is a hora?

A hora is one twenty-fourth of the day — a planetary hour, each ruled in turn by one of the seven classical grahas: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The word survives in English as "hour". This site follows the Kala Hora convention the engine uses throughout: sixty-minute horas counted from the local sunrise, so the hora shown for any moment agrees with the kalahora lord used elsewhere in the calculations. Some panchangs instead divide the day and the night separately into twelve unequal horas each; the sequence of lords is identical, only the boundaries differ.

The hora sequence — and why the weekdays are ordered as they are

Arrange the seven grahas from slowest to fastest — Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon — and let each hora take the next graha in that ring. Starting from the Sun, stepping one hora at a time yields the repeating sequence Sun → Venus → Mercury → Moon → Saturn → Jupiter → Mars. Count 24 horas from any day's first hora and you land on the lord of the next day's first hora: Sun's day is followed by the Moon's, then Mars's, and so on. The familiar Sunday-to-Saturday order of the week is exactly this hora arithmetic — the weekdays are named after each day's first hora lord.

Shubh horas — which hora for which work

Four lords give auspicious horas. Jupiter's hora (guru hora) suits beginnings that should endure: education, ceremonies, finance, and is a common choice for buying gold. Venus's hora (shukra hora) favours love and beauty — art, jewellery, vehicles, celebration. Mercury's hora serves trade, accounts, writing and study. The Moon's hora is gentle and broadly usable — household matters, travel, anything needing calm. The other three call for care: the Sun's hora suits dealings with authority and government but little else, Mars's hora is kept for courage and contest, and Saturn's hora — good for labour, land, and oil-and-iron work — is otherwise avoided for fresh starts.

Hora vs Choghadiya — which one to use

Both are lightweight daily muhurta systems and they answer slightly different questions. Choghadiya grades ninety-minute windows as good, neutral or bad — quick and decisive for fixing a start time. The hora names which graha rules the hour, so it is the finer tool when the work itself has a planetary character: gold in Jupiter's hora, jewellery in Venus's, accounts in Mercury's. Many practitioners simply require both to agree — an auspicious choghadiya and a benefic hora — before beginning anything of weight, and keep the moment clear of Rahu Kalam besides.

Frequently asked questions

Which hora is running right now?: The chart above marks the current hora for the shown city with a "now" chip — a new hora begins every sixty minutes, counted from the local sunrise. Open your own city's page for its live chart.
Which hora is good for buying gold or starting an investment?: Jupiter's hora is the classical choice for gold, wealth and anything meant to grow; Venus's hora suits jewellery and luxury purchases, and Mercury's suits trade and paperwork. Check the day chart above for their exact times today.
Is the first hora always the weekday's lord?: Yes — that is the defining rule. The Sun opens Sunday, the Moon Monday, Mars Tuesday, Mercury Wednesday, Jupiter Thursday, Venus Friday and Saturn Saturday, each from that day's sunrise; the fixed sequence then carries every following hora.
Do hora timings change from city to city?: Yes. Horas are counted from the local sunrise, so the boundaries shift with the city and with the season — the sequence of lords is universal, the clock times are local.

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Hora timings by city

Horas are counted from the local sunrise, so every city's chart starts at a different moment. Open your city for today's exact planetary hours.