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System Requirements
Desktop (v2.0): Windows, Ubuntu / Debian (64-bit) or macOS (Intel; runs on Apple Silicon through Rosetta). The installers include their own Java runtime.
Feature phones (v1.0): any phone supporting CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 2.0. On Android, run it inside a J2ME runtime app such as J2ME Loader.
Licensing: PlanetHour v2.0 is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. The feature-phone version v1.0 is covered by its End User License Agreement.
PlanetHour is a planetary hour / 'grah hora' app for desktop computers and feature phones. It differs from other software of the category that it displays Chaldean planetary hour / Grah hora along with vedic Rahu kaal, Gulika kaal and Yamakataka kaal. On selecting a particular planet, a list of regular tasks which are favorable for the planet, will be displayed.
PlanetHour Mini is the small size version of the PlanetHour app for smaller phones supporting java. This scaled version of Planethour software is for phones which doesn't support jar file size more than 300 kB. However this can be installed in high end phones (having screen resolution more than 240 x 320 pixels) supporting java, the screen resolution may suffer.
Q: What is Planetary hour?
A: The 'grah hora' or planetary hours have traditionally been used in electing favorable times to initiate activities. Each of the seven planet viz Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and Moon, hold out a particular time of day. It is evident that the works related to a particular planet, when done in its planetary day and hour, gives favorable result! For example, those who seek love may get benefit during venus hour in venus's day (friday), seekers of knowledge may use mercury and jupiter hours and days to their benefit, etc. Many articles on it are present over the internet.
Q: What are Rahu kaal, Gulika kaal and Yamakataka kaal?
A: According to a section of hindu astrology, rahu, gulika and yamakantaka holds a particular duration of day. This duration depends on day and night duration.
- Rahu's duration is called rahu kaal. It is believed that initiatives and activities during this time is governed by our desires and doesn't takes other things into consideration, and hence faces significant degree of failures.
- Gulika's duration is called gulika kaal. Gulika is the son of Saturn (Mand) and also known as Mandi. Activities and initiatives in gulika kaal have to be done again.
- Yamakantaka's duration is called yamakantaka kaal or yamagandam. Yamakantaka is the son of Jupiter. No work is favorable in its time except death rituals. It is considered as death time and any initiative in this time will have an incomplete end.
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