Horā — Kolkata, 17 December 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 06:10–07:04; Venus 08:51–09:45; Mercury 09:45–10:38; Moon 10:38–11:32; Jupiter 12:26–13:19; Venus 15:06–16:00 (IST). Sunrise 06:10 · sunset 16:54, Kolkata.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Jupiter06:10–07:04Benefic
Mars07:04–07:58Malefic
Sun07:58–08:51Malefic
Venus08:51–09:45Benefic
Mercury09:45–10:38Benefic
Moon10:38–11:32Benefic
Saturn11:32–12:26Malefic
Jupiter12:26–13:19Benefic
Mars13:19–14:13Malefic
Sun14:13–15:06Malefic
Venus15:06–16:00Benefic
Mercury16:00–16:54Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Moon16:54–18:00Benefic
Saturn18:00–19:07Malefic
Jupiter19:07–20:13Benefic
Mars20:13–21:19Malefic
Sun21:19–22:26Malefic
Venus22:26–23:32Benefic
Mercury23:32–00:39Benefic
Moon00:39–01:45Benefic
Saturn01:45–02:52Malefic
Jupiter02:52–03:58Benefic
Mars03:58–05:04Malefic
Sun05:04–06:11Malefic

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 December 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 2026-12-17)

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