Horā — Kolkata, 17 September 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 05:24–06:25; Venus 08:27–09:28; Mercury 09:28–10:29; Moon 10:29–11:30; Jupiter 12:32–13:33; Venus 15:35–16:36 (IST). Sunrise 05:24 · sunset 17:37, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Jupiter05:24–06:25Benefic
Mars06:25–07:26Malefic
Sun07:26–08:27Malefic
Venus08:27–09:28Benefic
Mercury09:28–10:29Benefic
Moon10:29–11:30Benefic
Saturn11:30–12:32Malefic
Jupiter12:32–13:33Benefic
Mars13:33–14:34Malefic
Sun14:34–15:35Malefic
Venus15:35–16:36Benefic
Mercury16:36–17:37Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Moon17:37–18:36Benefic
Saturn18:36–19:35Malefic
Jupiter19:35–20:34Benefic
Mars20:34–21:33Malefic
Sun21:33–22:32Malefic
Venus22:32–23:31Benefic
Mercury23:31–00:30Benefic
Moon00:30–01:29Benefic
Saturn01:29–02:28Malefic
Jupiter02:28–03:27Benefic
Mars03:27–04:26Malefic
Sun04:26–05:25Malefic

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 17 September 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 2026-09-17)

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