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Planetary hours · Dire Dawa (Ethiopia)

Planetary hours
in Dire Dawa.

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, 12 August 2026: day of Mercury

Sunrise
06:03
Sunset
18:31
Next sunrise
06:03

A day hour lasts 1h 02m; a night hour, 58 min. Local time (Africa/Addis_Ababa).

Day

  1. 1☿︎ Mercury06:03 – 07:06
  2. 2☽︎ Moon07:06 – 08:08
  3. 3♄︎ Saturn08:08 – 09:10
  4. 4♃︎ Jupiter09:10 – 10:12
  5. 5♂︎ Mars10:12 – 11:15
  6. 6☉︎ Sun11:15 – 12:17
  7. 7♀︎ Venus12:17 – 13:19
  8. 8☿︎ Mercury13:19 – 14:22
  9. 9☽︎ Moon14:22 – 15:24
  10. 10♄︎ Saturn15:24 – 16:26
  11. 11♃︎ Jupiter16:26 – 17:29
  12. 12♂︎ Mars17:29 – 18:31

Night

  1. 1☉︎ Sun18:31 – 19:29
  2. 2♀︎ Venus19:29 – 20:26
  3. 3☿︎ Mercury20:26 – 21:24
  4. 4☽︎ Moon21:24 – 22:22
  5. 5♄︎ Saturn22:22 – 23:19
  6. 6♃︎ Jupiter23:19 – 00:17
  7. 7♂︎ Mars00:17 – 01:15
  8. 8☉︎ Sun01:15 – 02:12
  9. 9♀︎ Venus02:12 – 03:10
  10. 10☿︎ Mercury03:10 – 04:08
  11. 11☽︎ Moon04:08 – 05:06
  12. 12♄︎ Saturn05:06 – 06:03

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Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Dire Dawa?

On Wednesday, 12 August 2026, the Sun rises at 06:03 and sets at 18:31: the day lasts 12h 28m, that is twelve day hours of 1h 02m. The night, until the next sunrise at 06:03, lasts 11h 33m: twelve night hours of 58 min.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

Mercury, from 06:03 to 07:06: 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.

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