Calculating Planetary Hours for Magick

When working with magick, you will come across spells and rituals that may ask you to perform actions during a planetary hour.  Now, where in the world would you find this information? This is something that we can calculate. To find the planets corresponding to the hours in the day we use the Chaldean order. “The Chaldean order is really a hierarchy of the forces represented by celestial bodies. This order expresses itself in a timeline and is taken from the orbits of the seven visible planets, and their relative distance, therefore every one of the planets in its turn rules a stage in the linear process of time. The hierarchy is from the slowest of the visible seven – Saturn, all the way through to the fastest and closest – the moon.

Each hour is ruled by a different planet.  We know the planet that rules the day by finding the first planet for the first hour of the day.  However, in the Chaldean order, this is always the same.  So we know that Mondays are ruled by the Moon. So the first hour of every Monday is always ruled by the Moon.  We can calculate the rest from that point as I’ll show you in the charts below.  The times we use with the Chaldean Order are different though.  They are not the same as we typically use.  The first hour of the day begins at sunrise, and the last hour ends at sunrise the next day.   You will usually find these times in your local paper or you can use google to find the exact time of sunrise for your area.  This is where you start your first hour from. 

Here is a link to a website with times the sun rises and sets:

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/

Let’s look at an example.  Let’s pretend that your Sunrise is at 7:09 this morning.  Let’s say that Sunrise is at 7:09 a.m. today for me. Today is Saturday. When you find that on the chart you will find that your Chaldean Order day starts at 7:09 this morning with Saturn.  

We can use the chart below to work from there: 

Planetary Hours of the Day
Hour	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
2	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter
3	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars
4	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun
5	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus
6	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury
7	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon
8	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
9	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter
10	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars
11	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun
12	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus

Planetary Hours of the Night
Hours	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury
2	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon
3	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
4	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter
5	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars
6	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun
7	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus
8	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury
9	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon
10	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
11	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter
12	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn	Sun	Moon	Mars

Now you know how to calculate planetary hours when you are working with magick! 

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Jasmeine Moonsong