Horā — Kolkata, 20 October 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 07:31–08:28; Mercury 08:28–09:26; Moon 09:26–10:23; Jupiter 11:21–12:18; Venus 14:13–15:11; Mercury 15:11–16:08 (IST). Sunrise 05:36 · sunset 17:06, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars05:36–06:33Malefic
Sun06:33–07:31Malefic
Venus07:31–08:28Benefic
Mercury08:28–09:26Benefic
Moon09:26–10:23Benefic
Saturn10:23–11:21Malefic
Jupiter11:21–12:18Benefic
Mars12:18–13:16Malefic
Sun13:16–14:13Malefic
Venus14:13–15:11Benefic
Mercury15:11–16:08Benefic
Moon16:08–17:06Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Saturn17:06–18:08Malefic
Jupiter18:08–19:11Benefic
Mars19:11–20:13Malefic
Sun20:13–21:16Malefic
Venus21:16–22:18Benefic
Mercury22:18–23:21Benefic
Moon23:21–00:23Benefic
Saturn00:23–01:26Malefic
Jupiter01:26–02:28Benefic
Mars02:28–03:31Malefic
Sun03:31–04:33Malefic
Venus04:33–05:36Benefic

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 20 October 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 2026-10-20)

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