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Horā — Kolkata, 21 May 2026

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

Benefic horās today: Jupiter 04:55–06:01; Venus 08:14–09:20; Mercury 09:20–10:26; Moon 10:26–11:33; Jupiter 12:39–13:45; Venus 15:58–17:04 (IST). Sunrise 04:55 · sunset 18:11, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Jupiter04:55–06:01Benefic
Mars06:01–07:07Malefic
Sun07:07–08:14Malefic
Venus08:14–09:20Benefic
Mercury09:20–10:26Benefic
Moon10:26–11:33Benefic
Saturn11:33–12:39Malefic
Jupiter12:39–13:45Benefic
Mars13:45–14:52Malefic
Sun14:52–15:58Malefic
Venus15:58–17:04Benefic
Mercury17:04–18:11Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Moon18:11–19:04Benefic
Saturn19:04–19:58Malefic
Jupiter19:58–20:52Benefic
Mars20:52–21:45Malefic
Sun21:45–22:39Malefic
Venus22:39–23:33Benefic
Mercury23:33–00:26Benefic
Moon00:26–01:20Benefic
Saturn01:20–02:13Malefic
Jupiter02:13–03:07Benefic
Mars03:07–04:01Malefic
Sun04:01–04:54Malefic

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 May 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 2026-05-21)

AstroAmrit is a glass box: every number on this page is reproducible from the stated method. These are astronomical facts, not predictions. Times are instants of the event's global maximum or exact crossing; your local civil date can differ by one day depending on timezone.