Astrology

Planetary hours (Hora)

Calculates all 24 Hora (planetary hours) for a date and location, using unequal seasonal hours. Sunrise to sunset and sunset to next sunrise are each split into 12 equal parts. The first hora after sunrise is ruled by the sunrise-boundary Vedic vara lord; subsequent horas follow the Chaldean sequence. Response includes a convention field naming the division used.

post/v1/astro/panchanga/hora

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.asterwise.com
  • URL: https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/panchanga/hora
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

datestring required

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format

locationstring nullable

City name. Example: 'Mumbai'

latitudenumber nullable

Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Use with longitude and timezone instead of location.

longitudenumber nullable

Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive. Use with latitude and timezone instead of location.

timezonestring nullable

IANA timezone string

Example request

{
  "date": "2026-03-23",
  "location": "Mumbai",
  "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
}

Response

24 planetary hours with ruling planet, start/end times, convention, and suitable activities

successboolean

True if the request succeeded

messagestring

Human-readable status message

Changes

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