Shani Hora — Saturn hora timings today
The next Shani hora in Rishikesh begins at 12:04 PM and runs to 1:03 PM.
A hora is one planetary hour. Twenty-four of them fill the Vedic day — twelve of daylight, twelve of night — and their lords repeat in a fixed order starting from the lord of the weekday, so every planet gets three or four turns and Shani is one of them.
Shani hora timings today in Rishikesh
Every Shani hora of this Vedic day in Rishikesh, measured from sunrise 6:14 AM. A daytime hora and a night hora are not the same length: the daylight is split into twelve and the night into twelve, so the two only match at the equinoxes.
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn Hora | 12:04 PM - 1:03 PM | Slow / Restrictive | Often matched with discipline, repairs, long-term duties. |
| Saturn Hora | 6:56 PM - 7:58 PM | Slow / Restrictive | Often matched with discipline, repairs, long-term duties. |
| Saturn Hora | 2:08 AM - 3:10 AM | Slow / Restrictive | Often matched with discipline, repairs, long-term duties. |
Shani hora meaning and uses
Discipline, repairs and long duties: maintenance, clearing a backlog, work with iron, land or labour, and anything that is meant to be slow and to hold. Read as restrictive rather than bad — it is a poor hora to begin a celebration and a good one to begin a habit.
Shani hora timings in other cities
Hora boundaries follow local sunrise and sunset, so they are different in every city. Pick yours; the page recalculates without leaving this URL.
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The seven planetary horas
Rahu and Ketu never rule a hora, which is why there are seven of these pages and not nine.
How hora timings are calculated
Sunrise and sunset come from the Swiss Ephemeris for the selected city and today's date. Daylight is divided into twelve equal parts and the night into twelve more. The first hora of the day belongs to the lord of the weekday, and the lords then run Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and round again — the Chaldean order, which is also where the names of the days of the week come from.
Shani hora: common questions
What is Shani hora?
The planetary hour ruled by Shani (Saturn). Of the twenty-four horas in a Vedic day, the ones that fall to Saturn are the Shani horas.
What are today's Shani hora timings in Rishikesh?
Today in Rishikesh: 12:04 PM - 1:03 PM, 6:56 PM - 7:58 PM, 2:08 AM - 3:10 AM. All of them are measured from local sunrise 6:14 AM.
What is a Shani hora good for?
Discipline, repairs and long duties: maintenance, clearing a backlog, work with iron, land or labour, and anything that is meant to be slow and to hold. Read as restrictive rather than bad — it is a poor hora to begin a celebration and a good one to begin a habit.
How many Shani horas are there in a day?
3 today in Rishikesh. Seven lords repeat across twenty-four horas, so each planet gets three or four turns and which ones depends on the weekday.
How is the hora sequence decided?
The first hora of the day belongs to the lord of the weekday. The lords then run Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and repeat — the Chaldean order, which is also where the names of the days of the week come from.