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Planetary hours · Kikwit (Congo - Kinshasa)

Planetary hours
in Kikwit.

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, 7 October 2026: day of Mercury

Sunrise
05:27
Sunset
17:37
Next sunrise
05:26

A day hour lasts 1h 01m; a night hour, 59 min. Local time (Africa/Kinshasa).

Day

  1. 1☿︎ Mercury05:27 – 06:28
  2. 2☽︎ Moon06:28 – 07:29
  3. 3♄︎ Saturn07:29 – 08:29
  4. 4♃︎ Jupiter08:29 – 09:30
  5. 5♂︎ Mars09:30 – 10:31
  6. 6☉︎ Sun10:31 – 11:32
  7. 7♀︎ Venus11:32 – 12:33
  8. 8☿︎ Mercury12:33 – 13:34
  9. 9☽︎ Moon13:34 – 14:35
  10. 10♄︎ Saturn14:35 – 15:36
  11. 11♃︎ Jupiter15:36 – 16:36
  12. 12♂︎ Mars16:36 – 17:37

Night

  1. 1☉︎ Sun17:37 – 18:36
  2. 2♀︎ Venus18:36 – 19:36
  3. 3☿︎ Mercury19:36 – 20:35
  4. 4☽︎ Moon20:35 – 21:34
  5. 5♄︎ Saturn21:34 – 22:33
  6. 6♃︎ Jupiter22:33 – 23:32
  7. 7♂︎ Mars23:32 – 00:31
  8. 8☉︎ Sun00:31 – 01:30
  9. 9♀︎ Venus01:30 – 02:29
  10. 10☿︎ Mercury02:29 – 03:28
  11. 11☽︎ Moon03:28 – 04:27
  12. 12♄︎ Saturn04:27 – 05:26

Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Kikwit?

On Wednesday, 7 October 2026, the Sun rises at 05:27 and sets at 17:37: the day lasts 12h 11m, that is twelve day hours of 1h 01m. The night, until the next sunrise at 05:26, lasts 11h 49m: twelve night hours of 59 min.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

Mercury, from 05:27 to 06:28: 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.