Lords

Hora, Dina, Masa and Varsha lords are closely connected.

Hora Lords

Each day has 24 Horas in total. Day and night are both divided into 12 equal parts. Each of these parts is called a Hora and has a sublord.

The first sublord of the day is the weekday lord, i.e. the first Hora after sunrise is assigned to that lord.

The order of the sublords is relative to their period in descending order, see the table below.

Sublord	Approx. Period
Saturn	29.46 Years
Jupiter	11.86 Years
Mars	1.88 Years
Sun	1 Year
Venus	0.62 Years
Mercury	0.24 Years
Moon	27.32 Days

The list is cyclic, i.e. the next period after the Moon's period is assigned to Saturn.

Dina: Lords of the Weekdays

Each day has its lord. This is the natural order of the days in the week. The lords are listed in the table below.

Day	Lord
Sunday	Sun
Monday	Moon
Tuesday	Mars
Wednesday	Mercury
Thursday	Jupiter
Friday	Venus
Saturday	Saturn

Remarks

1. The order of the lords is the same as the order of the planets in Vedic astrology.
2. Hora and Dina lords are connected if we make steps of three in the list of Hora lords: there will be a jump from Sun to Moon, Mars etc.

The Six Cycles of Lords

A simple rule can connect the lords Varsha, Masa, Dina and Hora.

No.	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Inverse	Order
1	Hora	Sat	Jup	Mar	Sun	Ven	Mer	Moo	3	Natural Period (inverse)
2	Dina	Sun	Moo	Mar	Mer	Jup	Ven	Sat	5	Days of the week
3	Masa	Moo	Mer	Ven	Sun	Mar	Jup	Sat	1	Natural Period
4	Varsha	Sun	Mer	Sat	Mar	Ven	Moo	Jup	6	Days of the week (inverse)
5	-	Sat	Ven	Jup	Mer	Mar	Moo	Sun	2	-
6	-	Jup	Moo	Ven	Mar	Sat	Mer	Sun	4	-