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Planetary hours · Timbuktu (Mali)

Planetary hours
in Timbuktu.

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
06:10
Sunset
17:40
Next sunrise
06:11

A day hour lasts 57 min; a night hour, 1h 03m. Local time (Africa/Bamako).

Right now♀︎ Hour of Venus — hour 2 of the night, until 19:45

Day

  1. 1☿︎ Mercury06:10 – 07:08
  2. 2☽︎ Moon07:08 – 08:05
  3. 3♄︎ Saturn08:05 – 09:03
  4. 4♃︎ Jupiter09:03 – 10:00
  5. 5♂︎ Mars10:00 – 10:58
  6. 6☉︎ Sun10:58 – 11:55
  7. 7♀︎ Venus11:55 – 12:52
  8. 8☿︎ Mercury12:52 – 13:50
  9. 9☽︎ Moon13:50 – 14:47
  10. 10♄︎ Saturn14:47 – 15:45
  11. 11♃︎ Jupiter15:45 – 16:42
  12. 12♂︎ Mars16:42 – 17:40

Night

  1. 1☉︎ Sun17:40 – 18:42
  2. 2♀︎ Venus18:42 – 19:45
  3. 3☿︎ Mercury19:45 – 20:47
  4. 4☽︎ Moon20:47 – 21:50
  5. 5♄︎ Saturn21:50 – 22:53
  6. 6♃︎ Jupiter22:53 – 23:55
  7. 7♂︎ Mars23:55 – 00:58
  8. 8☉︎ Sun00:58 – 02:00
  9. 9♀︎ Venus02:00 – 03:03
  10. 10☿︎ Mercury03:03 – 04:06
  11. 11☽︎ Moon04:06 – 05:08
  12. 12♄︎ Saturn05:08 – 06:11

Questions

How are the planetary hours calculated in Timbuktu?

On Wednesday, 4 November 2026, the Sun rises at 06:10 and sets at 17:40: the day lasts 11h 29m, that is twelve day hours of 57 min. The night, until the next sunrise at 06:11, lasts 12h 31m: twelve night hours of 1h 03m.

Which planet rules the first hour that day?

Mercury, from 06:10 to 07:08: 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.