/v1/panchang/hora

Planetary hora ruling at moment.

What this tells you

Hora is the Vedic hour — but unlike the 60-min Western hour, a hora is 1/12th of daylight (day hora) or 1/12th of night (night hora). So summer day horas are longer than 60 min; night horas are shorter. Each hora is ruled by one of 7 planets in a fixed Chaldean sequence, starting with the weekday lord. Classical astrologers use hora for fine-grained muhurta: "Start your business meeting during Jupiter hora" etc.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.divyastroapi.com/v1/panchang/hora?date=2026-04-19&time=06%3A30&tz=%2B05%3A30&lat=28.61&lon=77.21" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dv_live_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"

Response (200 OK)

Successful requests return a JSON body. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "hora": {
    "index": 5,
    "planet": "Saturn",
    "quality": "inauspicious"
  },
  "start_jd": 2461137.622,
  "end_jd":   2461137.665,
  "start_local": "2026-04-19T17:00:00+05:30",
  "end_local":   "2026-04-19T18:02:00+05:30",
  "duration_minutes": 62,
  "is_day_hora": true,
  "day_lord": "Sun",
  "first_hora_of_day": "Sun"
}

Field reference

Every field in the response, with its type, a real example, and what it means.

Field	Type	Meaning
hora.index	integer (1–24)	Hora number within the day (1 = first hora after sunrise). example: `5`
hora.planet	string	Ruling planet of the current hora. example: `"Saturn"`
hora.quality	string	Auspicious for: Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Neutral: Sun. Inauspicious: Mars, Saturn. example: `"inauspicious"`
start_jd	number	Hora start JD. example: `2461137.622`
end_jd	number	Hora end JD. example: `2461137.665`
start_local	string	Local start time. example: `"2026-04-19T17:00:00+05:30"`
end_local	string	Local end time. example: `"2026-04-19T18:02:00+05:30"`
duration_minutes	integer	Daytime hora length. Night horas are shorter in summer, longer in winter. example: `62`
is_day_hora	boolean	Whether the hora is a daytime hora (between sunrise and sunset). example: `true`
day_lord	string	Weekday's ruling planet. example: `"Sun"`
first_hora_of_day	string	Same as day_lord — the first hora always matches the weekday lord. example: `"Sun"`

Usage tips

How to use it

Build a daily hora ribbon
Call this endpoint once at sunrise, then every hora (from duration_minutes). Display as a horizontal ribbon of 24 cells — 12 day + 12 night.
For travel, use Moon or Mercury hora
Classical picks: Moon hora for travel, Jupiter for study, Venus for romance, Mercury for communication.

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://divyastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

Try it

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