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Planetary hours · Benin City (Nigeria)

Planetary hours
in Benin City.

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 Sunday, 18 October 2026: day of the Sun

Sunrise
06:23
Sunset
18:21
Next sunrise
06:23

A day hour lasts 1h 00m; a night hour, 1h 00m. Local time (Africa/Lagos).

Day

  1. 1☉︎ Sun06:23 – 07:23
  2. 2♀︎ Venus07:23 – 08:23
  3. 3☿︎ Mercury08:23 – 09:23
  4. 4☽︎ Moon09:23 – 10:22
  5. 5♄︎ Saturn10:22 – 11:22
  6. 6♃︎ Jupiter11:22 – 12:22
  7. 7♂︎ Mars12:22 – 13:22
  8. 8☉︎ Sun13:22 – 14:22
  9. 9♀︎ Venus14:22 – 15:22
  10. 10☿︎ Mercury15:22 – 16:21
  11. 11☽︎ Moon16:21 – 17:21
  12. 12♄︎ Saturn17:21 – 18:21

Night

  1. 1♃︎ Jupiter18:21 – 19:21
  2. 2♂︎ Mars19:21 – 20:21
  3. 3☉︎ Sun20:21 – 21:22
  4. 4♀︎ Venus21:22 – 22:22
  5. 5☿︎ Mercury22:22 – 23:22
  6. 6☽︎ Moon23:22 – 00:22
  7. 7♄︎ Saturn00:22 – 01:22
  8. 8♃︎ Jupiter01:22 – 02:22
  9. 9♂︎ Mars02:22 – 03:23
  10. 10☉︎ Sun03:23 – 04:23
  11. 11♀︎ Venus04:23 – 05:23
  12. 12☿︎ Mercury05:23 – 06:23

Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Benin City?

On Sunday, 18 October 2026, the Sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 18:21: the day lasts 11h 58m, that is twelve day hours of 1h 00m. The night, until the next sunrise at 06:23, lasts 12h 02m: twelve night hours of 1h 00m.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

The Sun, from 06:23 to 07:23: the first hour of a day always goes to the planet of the weekday. The next ones follow the Chaldean order: Venus, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, then the Sun 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.