Planetary Hours

The planetary hours are hours of the day in which each planet holds influence. The way that one calculates it is to take the time of daylight or night time and divide by 12.
Now, this seems simple enough to start with, however it gets a bit complicated when you factor in day light is less than 12 hours, as is night time. You need to know the exact time of the sunrise and sunset to calculate the day light hours.
So, if sunrise is at 7:20am and sunset is at 5:20pm, you have 10 hours of day. Divided by 12 that gives you 0.833 hours for each planet. Multiply that by 60 minutes and you get 50 minutes per daylight hour.
If sunset is 5:20pm and sunrise is 7:20am, you have 14 hours of night. Divide by 12 that gives you 1.1666 hours for each planet. Multiply that by 60 minutes and you get 70 minutes per night time hour.
Easy enough once you get the hang of it. Now we complicate matters. The hours of the planets change with the day or night of the week. Here are the tables:
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
http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/planetaryhoursarticle.html

Correspondence of Days of the Week
(day; planet; color; diety; intent)
Monday Moon Silver, white, blue Diana, Artemis, Selene, Luna women's mysteries, illusion, glamour, sleep, peace, beauty, prophesy, dreams, emotions, travel, fertility, insight, wisdom

Tuesday Mars Red, black, orange Mars, Ares, Tiwaz courage, victory, success, strength, conviction, rebellion, defense, wards, protection

Wednesday Mercury purple, orange Mercury, Hermes, Woden communication, the arts, transportation, change, luck, gambling, fortune, chance, creativity

Thursday Jupiter blue, purple, green Thor, Jupiter Juno abundance, protection, prosperity, strength, wealth, healing

Friday Venus pink, aqua Venus, Aphrodite, Freya love, birth, fertility, romance, gentleness, pregnancy, friendship, passion

Saturday Saturn black, purple Saturn, Hecate banishing, protection, wisdom, spirituality, cleansing

Sunday Sun gold, yellow Brigid, Helios, Apollo success, promotion, fame, wealth, prosperity
http://www.witchipedia.com/table:days-of-the-week

To work with Saturn on a Tuesday morning, you will need to determine the length of your ‘day’, calculate the length of a planetary hour and multiply by six, then add this to the time of sunrise to find your time to work with Saturn that Tuesday. Going with the above figures, that comes out to about 1:20 pm to 2:10 pm. To work with Saturn on a Tuesday night, you will need to do the same as for the day, making the optimum time 5:20 pm to 6:30 pm.
This can be a great way to fine tune a spell or ritual for a specific matter. Consider the moon phase and time of year will help as well. Subtle things like this can make a massive difference in the results of a spell or ritual. Now, if you cannot wait for the optimal time, don’t worry. You can do the spell at any time and still get great results. Use as many of these factors as you can in the work. Make use of other correspondences to aid a bit of oomph to the spell.

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I just wrote a similar entry into my Book of Shadows. Mine were, Magickal Hours of the Day, Magickal times of the Day and Days of the Week for Spells and Rituals.

Excellent post Nord! Good information.

Wow Shawn this was a lot of work on your part, and a lot of useful information to us all, Thank You for this it will come in handy for when i start doing spells and really get into the rituals of witchcraft. I am so eager to learn, you have no Idea how excited I am!

Eni

Thank you so much Nord! This is very helpful indeed!

Very nice informative post, well done

Hello,
Anyone know how the clocks changing in uk on Sunday (back 1 hour at 2am) to GMT affects the hours? Ie, saturn is at 2356 to 0108, Jupiter 0108 to 0219, then clocks go back 1 hour at 2am to 1am so does the planetary hours reset too?

I think it is really subjective to your preferences. I believe alot of the influence and power comes from what you believe to be influential and powerful.There was once a time when people did not have digital clocks and had to use sun dials. There was once a time when people evenrelied on where the sun or stars werein the sky to tell time. Our methods of telling time have constantly changed, evolved, and gotten more detailed.

You could even go based on Universal Time (UT) if you really wanted or simply go based on your own timezone and the changes. I believe it is all personal preference and how much power you give it.