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We analyzed the Kepler light curves of four transiting hot Jupiter systems--- KOI-13, HAT-P-7, TrES-2, and Kepler-76, which show BEaming, Ellipsoidal andReflection (BEER) phase modulations. The mass of the four planets can beestimated from either the beaming or the ellipsoidal amplitude, given the massand radius of their parent stars. For KOI-13, HAT-P-7, and Kepler-76 we findthat the beaming-based planetary mass estimate is larger than the massestimated from the ellipsoidal amplitude, consistent with previous studies.This apparent discrepancy may be explained by equatorial superrotation of theplanet atmosphere, which induces an angle shift of the planetreflection/emission phase modulation, as was suggested for Kepler-76 in thefirst paper of this series. We propose a modified BEER model that supportssuperrotation, assuming either a Lambertian or geometric reflection/emissionphase function, and provides a photometry-consistent estimate of the planetarymass. Our analysis shows that for Kepler-76 and HAT-P-7, the Lambertiansuperrotation BEER model is highly preferable over an unshifted null model,while for KOI-13 it is preferable only at a 1.4 sigma level. For TrES-2 we donot find such preference. For all four systems the Lambertian superrotationmodel mass estimates are in excellent agreement with the planetary massesderived from, or constrained by, radial velocity measurements. This makes theLambertian superrotation BEER model a viable tool for estimating the masses ofhot Jupiters from photometry alone. We conclude that hot Jupiter superrotationmay be a common phenomenon that can be detected in the visual light curves ofKepler.

BEER analysis of Kepler and CoRoT light curves: II. Evidence for superrotation in the phase curves of three Kepler hot Jupiters