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Planetary hours · Basrah (Iraq)

Planetary hours
in Basrah.

The day, from sunrise to sunset, is cut into twelve equal hours; so is the night, from sunset to the next sunrise. Each hour carries a planet, in the Chaldean order. A planetary hour therefore lasts 60 minutes only at the equinoxes: it all depends on the date and the city. Here are the exact hours for your city; what you do with them is up to you.

Planetary day of Wednesday, 4 November 2026: day of Mercury

Sunrise
06:05
Sunset
16:58
Next sunrise
06:06

A day hour lasts 54 min; a night hour, 1h 06m. Local time (Asia/Baghdad).

Right now♃︎ Hour of Jupiter — hour 11 of the day, until 16:04

Day

  1. 1☿︎ Mercury06:05 – 07:00
  2. 2☽︎ Moon07:00 – 07:54
  3. 3♄︎ Saturn07:54 – 08:48
  4. 4♃︎ Jupiter08:48 – 09:43
  5. 5♂︎ Mars09:43 – 10:37
  6. 6☉︎ Sun10:37 – 11:32
  7. 7♀︎ Venus11:32 – 12:26
  8. 8☿︎ Mercury12:26 – 13:21
  9. 9☽︎ Moon13:21 – 14:15
  10. 10♄︎ Saturn14:15 – 15:10
  11. 11♃︎ Jupiter15:10 – 16:04
  12. 12♂︎ Mars16:04 – 16:58

Night

  1. 1☉︎ Sun16:58 – 18:04
  2. 2♀︎ Venus18:04 – 19:10
  3. 3☿︎ Mercury19:10 – 20:15
  4. 4☽︎ Moon20:15 – 21:21
  5. 5♄︎ Saturn21:21 – 22:27
  6. 6♃︎ Jupiter22:27 – 23:32
  7. 7♂︎ Mars23:32 – 00:38
  8. 8☉︎ Sun00:38 – 01:43
  9. 9♀︎ Venus01:43 – 02:49
  10. 10☿︎ Mercury02:49 – 03:55
  11. 11☽︎ Moon03:55 – 05:00
  12. 12♄︎ Saturn05:00 – 06:06

Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Basrah?

On Wednesday, 4 November 2026, the Sun rises at 06:05 and sets at 16:58: the day lasts 10h 53m, that is twelve day hours of 54 min. The night, until the next sunrise at 06:06, lasts 13h 07m: twelve night hours of 1h 06m.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

Mercury, from 06:05 to 07:00: the first hour of a day always goes to the planet of the weekday. The next ones follow the Chaldean order: the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, then Mercury again.

Today’s sky, on YOUR chart

Planetary hours are the same for everyone in a city. Your chart is yours alone: every morning AstroXP crosses the real sky with your birth, to the minute, and tells you what time it plays out for you.

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Sunrise and sunset calculated for the city (the Sun’s centre 0°50′ below the horizon: refraction and semi-diameter), local time of the city’s time zone. Checked against astronomy-engine, the app’s engine.