Use Astro Seek's calculator or the mobile app Planetaro (iOS only) to calculate the planetary hours. You used to have to do all the math by hand so only professional astrologers knew the planetary hours. Technology is neat, isn't it?
Hours Meanings
Sun: fame, influence in society, self-confidence, advertisement, advancing your career
Moon: cooking, eating, chores, cleaning, taking care of babies, seeing family, mood/emotions, do not start important activities because you may change your mind
Mercury: learning, studying, teaching, intellectual activities, communication, test-taking, information, writing, dealing with technology and computer programs, can be a trickster
Venus: dating, love, meetings, entertainment, buying clothes, beauty, inspiration in art, increased empathy between people
Mars: action, sexuality, courage, physical activities, sports, conflict
Jupiter: luck, wealth, prosperity, success, understanding, applying for scholarships and sponsorships, religion, philosophical discussion, learning, higher knowledge
Saturn: activities that take a lot of time, advice from elders, patience, concentrentation, do not start journeys, do not borrow money, delays
How to Calculate Planetary Hours Yourself
Why would you want to do this? We have all this nifty technology! Okay. I'll tell you. It depends on the date and location, so make sure you have that down.
1.) Find the exact time of the sunrise and sunset on the day you are calculating for. You can use the sunrise and sunset equations (once again, why?) or you can use this calculator. It's much easier to use the calculator but if you want to do all of your own math, then go for it, I won't stop you.
2.) Find the time from sunrise to sunset the length of the day.
3.) Convert that time into minutes.
4.) Divide those minutes by 12.
* the sum of a day and a night hour should always be around 120
* the length of a day hour is longer than a night hour, so don't worry, you didn't do your math wrong
* during equinoxes both day and night hours last 60 minutes
The first hour of any day is ruled by the planet that rules that planetary day (day of the week).
Ruling Planets for Days of the Week
Sunday - Sun
Monday - Moon
Tuesday - Mars
Wednesday - Mercury
Thursday - Jupiter
Friday - Venus
Saturday - Saturn
5.) Find out what day of the week it is. You don't really need a calculator for this as you should know it every day, but if you don't know, then find a calendar somewhere. There's usually one on your phone.
6.) The planet that rules that day of the week will be your first hour.
7.) Make a table like this one:
Day Night
Hour | Ruler | Start | End Hour | Ruler | Start | End
1 Moon 6:02 7:03 13 Venus 18:10 19:09
2 Saturn 7:03 8:03 14 Mercury 19:09 20:08
I'm lazy so I'm not going to write the entire table down here. The day chart starts at 1 and goes to 12. The night chart starts at 13 and ends at 24.
The planetary hours always go in this order:
Mercury -> Moon -> Saturn -> Jupiter -> Mars -> Sun -> Venus -> starts back at Mercury
So if your first hour is the Moon hour, your second hour will be the Saturn hour. Then Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, etc. It loops.
Now you have your planetary hours table. I recommend putting it in a calendar app or Owaves (iOS only, but there is an android beta right now). I like Owaves because it separates the clock into little pie pieces. It makes it easier for me to visualize my time (autism time perception wonky). But Google Calendar or Apple's Calendar app should work fine as well. I prefer Google Calendar for my calendar because it works in a browser and as an app, so I can easily access it. I don't usually put my planetary hours in a calendar app though, as I use Planetaro. I highly recommend it if you have an Apple device. It has a widget that you can put on your home/lock screen. Very handy.
