Horā — Kolkata, 23 October 2026

Friday. 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 05:37–06:34; Mercury 06:34–07:31; Moon 07:31–08:29; Jupiter 09:26–10:23; Venus 12:18–13:15; Mercury 13:15–14:12 (IST). Sunrise 05:37 · sunset 17:04, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Venus05:37–06:34Benefic
Mercury06:34–07:31Benefic
Moon07:31–08:29Benefic
Saturn08:29–09:26Malefic
Jupiter09:26–10:23Benefic
Mars10:23–11:20Malefic
Sun11:20–12:18Malefic
Venus12:18–13:15Benefic
Mercury13:15–14:12Benefic
Moon14:12–15:09Benefic
Saturn15:09–16:06Malefic
Jupiter16:06–17:04Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars17:04–18:06Malefic
Sun18:06–19:09Malefic
Venus19:09–20:12Benefic
Mercury20:12–21:15Benefic
Moon21:15–22:18Benefic
Saturn22:18–23:21Malefic
Jupiter23:21–00:23Benefic
Mars00:23–01:26Malefic
Sun01:26–02:29Malefic
Venus02:29–03:32Benefic
Mercury03:32–04:35Benefic
Moon04:35–05:37Benefic

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 23 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 2026-10-23)

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