Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · Times in IST for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Also check Rahu Kalam, Choghadiya and the Malayalam Panchangam.
| # | Hora | Time | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 06:18 AM - 07:19 AM | Inauspicious |
| 2 | Sun | 07:19 AM - 08:20 AM | Mixed |
| 3 | Venus | 08:20 AM - 09:22 AM | Auspicious |
| 4 | Mercury | 09:22 AM - 10:23 AM | Auspicious |
| 5 | Moon | 10:23 AM - 11:24 AM | Auspicious |
| 6 | Saturn | 11:24 AM - 12:26 PM | Inauspicious |
| 7 | Jupiter | 12:26 PM - 01:27 PM | Auspicious |
| 8 | Mars | 01:27 PM - 02:28 PM | Inauspicious |
| 9 | Sun | 02:28 PM - 03:30 PM | Mixed |
| 10 | Venus | 03:30 PM - 04:31 PM | Auspicious |
| 11 | Mercury | 04:31 PM - 05:32 PM | Auspicious |
| 12 | Moon | 05:32 PM - 06:33 PM | Auspicious |
| # | Hora | Time | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Saturn | 06:33 PM - 07:32 PM | Inauspicious |
| 14 | Jupiter | 07:32 PM - 08:31 PM | Auspicious |
| 15 | Mars | 08:31 PM - 09:30 PM | Inauspicious |
| 16 | Sun | 09:30 PM - 10:28 PM | Mixed |
| 17 | Venus | 10:28 PM - 11:27 PM | Auspicious |
| 18 | Mercury | 11:27 PM - 12:26 AM | Auspicious |
| 19 | Moon | 12:26 AM - 01:24 AM * | Auspicious |
| 20 | Saturn | 01:24 AM - 02:23 AM * | Inauspicious |
| 21 | Jupiter | 02:23 AM - 03:22 AM * | Auspicious |
| 22 | Mars | 03:22 AM - 04:20 AM * | Inauspicious |
| 23 | Sun | 04:20 AM - 05:19 AM * | Mixed |
| 24 | Venus | 05:19 AM - 06:18 AM * | Auspicious |
* After midnight, on the next calendar day.
| Hora | Nature | Best used for |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mixed | Meeting officials, government work, asking for favours, leadership tasks. |
| Moon | Auspicious | Travel, meeting people, starting anything new, family matters. |
| Mars | Inauspicious | Sports, surgery, legal fights, land and property disputes. Avoid new beginnings. |
| Mercury | Auspicious | Studies, writing, business deals, accounts, phone calls and emails. |
| Jupiter | Auspicious | Marriage talks, religious work, teaching, investments, meeting elders. |
| Venus | Auspicious | Buying jewellery or clothes, love, art, music, celebrations. |
| Saturn | Inauspicious | Hard physical work, clearing old debts, repairs. Avoid new beginnings. |
Hora (called Horai in Tamil) splits every day into 24 planetary hours. Each one is ruled by a planet, and that planet colours whatever you start in it.
It's the quick tool people reach for when there's no time to fix a full muhurtham. Need to sign something this afternoon? Pick a Jupiter or Venus hora and you're set.
The word comes from Ahoratra, meaning day and night. Drop the first and last syllables and you get Hora.
We use the real sunrise and sunset for your place. Daylight is divided into 12 equal horas, and the night up to the next sunrise into another 12.
The first hora after sunrise belongs to the day's lord. After that the planets follow a fixed order: Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and round again.
That's why the next morning neatly lands on the next weekday's lord. It's the same cycle that gave the week its order.
Hora is one of 24 roughly hour-long slices of the day, each ruled by one of the seven planets. The word comes from Ahoratra, which means day and night.
The time from sunrise to sunset is split into 12 equal day horas, and sunset to the next sunrise into 12 night horas. So a hora is exactly 60 minutes only when day and night are equal.
The first hora after sunrise always belongs to the lord of that weekday. Monday starts with the Moon hora, Tuesday with Mars, and so on. Today the first hora in Thiruvananthapuram is Mars.
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Moon horas are treated as auspicious. Mars and Saturn horas are usually avoided for new beginnings. Sun hora is good for government work and meeting officials.
No. Choghadiya splits day and night into 8 parts each, while Hora uses 12 parts each and names them after planets. Many people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala check Hora; Choghadiya is more common in North and West India.
Yes. A good hora that overlaps Rahu Kalam is still avoided by most families for important beginnings, so check both.