Horā — Kolkata, 21 April 2026

Tuesday. The 24 planetary hours for Kolkata, computed from the local sunrise and sunset (day and night hours are unequal by season).

Benefic horās today: Venus 07:20–08:24; Mercury 08:24–09:27; Moon 09:27–10:31; Jupiter 11:35–12:39; Venus 14:46–15:50; Mercury 15:50–16:54 (IST). Sunrise 05:12 · sunset 17:58, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars05:12–06:16Malefic
Sun06:16–07:20Malefic
Venus07:20–08:24Benefic
Mercury08:24–09:27Benefic
Moon09:27–10:31Benefic
Saturn10:31–11:35Malefic
Jupiter11:35–12:39Benefic
Mars12:39–13:43Malefic
Sun13:43–14:46Malefic
Venus14:46–15:50Benefic
Mercury15:50–16:54Benefic
Moon16:54–17:58Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Saturn17:58–18:54Malefic
Jupiter18:54–19:50Benefic
Mars19:50–20:46Malefic
Sun20:46–21:42Malefic
Venus21:42–22:38Benefic
Mercury22:38–23:35Benefic
Moon23:35–00:31Benefic
Saturn00:31–01:27Malefic
Jupiter01:27–02:23Benefic
Mars02:23–03:19Malefic
Sun03:19–04:15Malefic
Venus04:15–05:11Benefic

Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon rule the classically benefic hours; the Sun, Mars, Saturn hours are treated as malefic for new undertakings. See also the Kolkata Choghaḍiyā and the full Kolkata panchāṅga for 21 April 2026.

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How this table was computed

Method12 day hours (sunrise→sunset) and 12 night hours (sunset→next sunrise), unequal by season; the sequence runs in the Chaldean order starting from the weekday lord's hour (classical derivation); sunrise/sunset from Swiss Ephemeris
SourceSwiss Ephemeris sunrise/sunset (sidereal Lahiri chart context)
Engineastroamrit seo-tables horā (Kolkata 2026-04-21)

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