AstroXP ▶︎All our videos by signVideos
Planetary hours · Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Planetary hours
in Bloemfontein.

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 Friday, 22 January 2027: day of Venus

Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
19:16
Next sunrise
05:37

A day hour lasts 1h 08m; a night hour, 52 min. Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).

Day

  1. 1♀︎ Venus05:36 – 06:44
  2. 2☿︎ Mercury06:44 – 07:53
  3. 3☽︎ Moon07:53 – 09:01
  4. 4♄︎ Saturn09:01 – 10:09
  5. 5♃︎ Jupiter10:09 – 11:18
  6. 6♂︎ Mars11:18 – 12:26
  7. 7☉︎ Sun12:26 – 13:34
  8. 8♀︎ Venus13:34 – 14:43
  9. 9☿︎ Mercury14:43 – 15:51
  10. 10☽︎ Moon15:51 – 16:59
  11. 11♄︎ Saturn16:59 – 18:08
  12. 12♃︎ Jupiter18:08 – 19:16

Night

  1. 1♂︎ Mars19:16 – 20:08
  2. 2☉︎ Sun20:08 – 21:00
  3. 3♀︎ Venus21:00 – 21:51
  4. 4☿︎ Mercury21:51 – 22:43
  5. 5☽︎ Moon22:43 – 23:35
  6. 6♄︎ Saturn23:35 – 00:26
  7. 7♃︎ Jupiter00:26 – 01:18
  8. 8♂︎ Mars01:18 – 02:10
  9. 9☉︎ Sun02:10 – 03:02
  10. 10♀︎ Venus03:02 – 03:53
  11. 11☿︎ Mercury03:53 – 04:45
  12. 12☽︎ Moon04:45 – 05:37

Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Bloemfontein?

On Friday, 22 January 2027, the Sun rises at 05:36 and sets at 19:16: the day lasts 13h 40m, that is twelve day hours of 1h 08m. The night, until the next sunrise at 05:37, lasts 10h 21m: twelve night hours of 52 min.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

Venus, from 05:36 to 06:44: the first hour of a day always goes to the planet of the weekday. The next ones follow the Chaldean order: Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, then Venus 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.

My sky on my chart

On a computer? Scan this code with your phone.

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.