Question 1

What is a planetary hour?

Accepted Answer

A planetary hour is one twelfth of daylight (sunrise to sunset) or one twelfth of the night (sunset to the next sunrise). Each hour is associated with a planet from the seven classical planets in the Chaldean order.

Question 2

How are planetary hours calculated?

Accepted Answer

Daylight is divided into 12 equal hours from sunrise to sunset, and night into 12 equal hours from sunset to the next sunrise. The ruler of each hour follows the Chaldean order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. The first daylight hour is ruled by the planet of the weekday.

Question 3

Which planet rules the current hour in New York?

Accepted Answer

Today the first daylight hour is ruled by Venus, and the first night hour by Mars. The hour currently in progress is ruled by Venus.

Start	Planet	End	Hour
23:09	Sun	00:02	5
00:02	Venus	00:55	6
00:55	Mercury	01:48	7
01:48	Moon	02:41	8
02:41	Saturn	03:34	9
03:34	Jupiter	04:27	10
04:27	Mars	05:20	11
05:20	Sun	06:14	12
06:14	Venus	07:21	1
07:21	Mercury	08:28	2
08:28	Moon	09:34	3
09:34	Saturn	10:41	4
10:41	Jupiter	11:48	5

Start	Planet	End	Hour
11:48	Mars	12:55	6
12:55	Sun	14:02	7
14:02	Venus	15:09	8
15:09	Mercury	16:16	9
16:16	Moon	17:23	10
17:23	Saturn	18:30	11
18:30	Jupiter	19:37	12
19:37	Mars	20:30	1
20:30	Sun	21:23	2
21:23	Venus	22:16	3
22:16	Mercury	23:09	4
23:09	Moon	00:02	5

Planetary Hours

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