Planetary Hours — Shāntipur
West Bengal, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
Located at 23.3°N, 88.4°E — today's sunrise is at 1:24 AM and sunset at 2:08 PM IST, giving Shāntipur -12 hours and -16 minutes of daylight. Each daytime Hora (planetary hour) lasts -56 minutes; each night Hora lasts 176 minutes. The table below shows all 24 Horas calculated for today.
Venus hours are ideal for love, beauty, art, music, diplomacy, and pleasure. Copper, emerald, myrtle, and rose are Venusian. Friday (Freya's…
Today — Venus (Shukra) Day
✅ Auspicious Today
- Romance, love, and relationships
- Arts, music, and creative work
- Fashion, beauty, and cosmetics
- Buying luxury goods
- Entertainment and socialising
- Marriage celebrations
⚠️ Avoid Today
- Aggressive or confrontational activities
- Starting ascetic spiritual practices
- Difficult medical procedures
- Activities needing harsh discipline
Shukra Hora benefits romance, artistic pursuits, vehicle purchases, jewellery, and all aesthetic activities. Shukra is the Guru of the Asuras and possesses the Mritasanjivani (life-restoring) vidya. Friday fasting is dedicated to Devi Mahalakshmi.
The Chaldean order — Shani (Saturn), Guru (Jupiter), Mangal (Mars), Surya (Sun), Shukra (Venus), Budh (Mercury), Chandra (Moon) — reflects decreasing mean geocentric distance in the pre-Copernican model. Hour 1 of each weekday belongs to its ruling planet; Hour 2 goes to the next in Chaldean descending order, cycling continuously. After Hour 24 the chain lands on the planet that will rule Hour 1 of the following weekday.
Among Vedic Muhurta practitioners the first Hora of the day — ruled by the weekday's planet — is most potent. For other tasks: Sun and Jupiter hours support auspicious, public-facing activity; Venus and Mercury hours are excellent for intellectual and creative work; Moon hours benefit family and emotional matters; Rahu, Mars, and Saturn hours are used cautiously for new ventures, though Mars is productive for physical and technical work.
Full 24 Planetary Hours Today
| # | Start (IST) | End (IST) | Planet | Vedic Name | Day / Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:54 AM | 7:58 AM | ♀️ Venus | Shukra | ☀️ Day |
| 2 | 7:58 AM | 9:01 AM | ☿ Mercury | Budha | ☀️ Day |
| 3 | 9:01 AM | 10:05 AM | 🌙 Moon | Chandra | ☀️ Day |
| 4 | 10:05 AM | 11:09 AM | ♄ Saturn | Shani | ☀️ Day |
| 5 | 11:09 AM | 12:12 PM | ♃ Jupiter | Guru / Brihaspati | ☀️ Day |
| 6 | 12:12 PM | 1:16 PM | ♂️ Mars | Mangala | ☀️ Day |
| 7 | 1:16 PM | 2:20 PM | ☀️ Sun | Surya | ☀️ Day |
| 8 | 2:20 PM | 3:23 PM | ♀️ Venus | Shukra | ☀️ Day |
| 9 | 3:23 PM | 4:27 PM | ☿ Mercury | Budha | ☀️ Day |
| 10 | 4:27 PM | 5:31 PM | 🌙 Moon | Chandra | ☀️ Day |
| 11 | 5:31 PM | 6:34 PM | ♄ Saturn | Shani | ☀️ Day |
| 12 | 6:34 PM | 7:38 PM | ♃ Jupiter | Guru / Brihaspati | ☀️ Day |
| 13 | 7:38 PM | 8:34 PM | ♂️ Mars | Mangala | 🌙 Night |
| 14 | 8:34 PM | 9:31 PM | ☀️ Sun | Surya | 🌙 Night |
| 15 | 9:31 PM | 10:27 PM | ♀️ Venus | Shukra | 🌙 Night |
| 16 | 10:27 PM | 11:23 PM | ☿ Mercury | Budha | 🌙 Night |
| 17 | 11:23 PM | 12:20 AM | 🌙 Moon | Chandra | 🌙 Night |
| 18 | 12:20 AM | 1:16 AM | ♄ Saturn | Shani | 🌙 Night |
| 19 | 1:16 AM | 2:12 AM | ♃ Jupiter | Guru / Brihaspati | 🌙 Night |
| 20 | 2:12 AM | 3:09 AM | ♂️ Mars | Mangala | 🌙 Night |
| 21 | 3:09 AM | 4:05 AM | ☀️ Sun | Surya | 🌙 Night |
| 22 | 4:05 AM | 5:01 AM | ♀️ Venus | Shukra | 🌙 Night |
| 23 | 5:01 AM | 5:58 AM | ☿ Mercury | Budha | 🌙 Night |
| 24 | 5:58 AM | 6:54 AM | 🌙 Moon | Chandra | 🌙 Night |
Based on sunrise at 1:24 AM · Sunset at 2:08 PM IST · Table updates client-side to today's exact time.